A pair of dirty candlesticks.
Another dirty candlestick.
Xmas candles.
Xmas is over.
tilted
or stilted or bent or wonky or unbended or crooked or canted or leaning or tipped or inclined or askew or awry or cock‑eyed or lop‑sided or skew‑whiff or atilt |
straight
or upright or vertical or aligned or unbent or perpendicular or erect or unsloped or plumb or fastigiate |
Xmas candles burning upside down.
Soap and candles get harder as they get older. Old soap lasts longer – keep a big glass jar of soap in the bathroom – it looks good.
Old candles burn longer and drip less. I use candles that are over five years old on my Xmas tree, I buy them cheap in January.
However for safety reasons use electric children on your tree if you have young candles.