Cheap Christmas Candles: Where to Find Deals This Season
Compare $9.95 3-wick sales, Yankee bundles, $3 Walmart finds and $4.99 IKEA tapers before you shop.
Cheap Christmas candles this past season centered on four sellers: Bath & Body Works, Yankee Candle, Walmart and IKEA. Large scented jars ran as low as $9.95 during sales, while small holiday candles listed from about $1.25 per taper. A 3-wick candle is a large jar candle with three wicks for stronger scent throw.
The examples below use December 2025 prices from company pages and news reports, so check current listings before you buy.
Verification note: Program terms and availability can change. This page was checked against linked sources on November 06, 2026.
How low did Candle Day go?
Bath & Body Works priced all 3-wick candles at $9.95 for Candle Day weekend. Online access started at 10 p.m. ET Dec.
4, with store sales Dec. 5-7, 2025. The event covered over 180 scents, including exclusives and throwbacks, according to Bath & Body Works via GlobeNewswire in the Candle Day announcement.
Parade reported regular 3-wick prices of $26.95-$39.95, so the $9.95 price cut about two-thirds off. Parade noted bulk holiday gifting was cheapest that weekend for U.S. shoppers.
Where were Yankee Christmas scents reduced?
Yankee Candle listed Buy 2, Get 2 Free on $34.99 Original Large Jars. Included Christmas scents were Christmas Cookie, Balsam & Cedar, Sparkling Cinnamon and Fresh Cut Evergreen, according to the Yankee Candle sale page in the Yankee Candle sale offers. The company also maintained a broader clearance page for reduced candles, home fragrance, car products and accessories.
Yankee Candle described that clearance as price-reduced for a limited time with full-price fragrance quality.
What cost $3 to $11 at Walmart?
Walmart listed budget Christmas scented candles around $3-$7 on clearance. Examples included $4.19 snowflake soy candles, $4.99 stocking-shaped candles and $5.09 house-shaped candles, according to Walmart in the Walmart scented-candle listing. Walmart also listed a 10 oz.
Yankee Candle Studio Collection Balsam & Cedar candle for $10.82. That listing gave shoppers a cheaper entry than Yankee Candle $34.99 large jars. Sizes and scent strength differ, so compare ounces before choosing for gifts.
How should you time the purchase?
IKEA sold VINTERFINT twisted red and green taper candles as a 4-pack for $4.99. That equals about $1.25 per candle, with 5.5-hour burn time, according to IKEA in the IKEA product page. Tapers are unscented sticks for table decor, not scented jars.
Fast Company noted the deepest deals were weekend-only and scent-selective. Shoppers who missed Dec. 5-7 or wanted sold-out scents paid higher prices.
- Buy early online when a timed sale starts
- Check store stock for throwback or exclusive scents
- Check post-Christmas clearance in January for leftover holiday scents