Cape Candle - Real Bayberry Wax Tapers 10" (boxed pair) Nicely gift-boxed, these genuine bayberry candles, made from the wax on the berries of the bayberry shrub, have been the traditional holiday candle since colonial times. Burned to the nub on Christmas and New Year's Eve, they bring good luck for the coming year. Authentic Bayberry Candles with the story of the Bayberry Candle on the gift box. By nature, true bayberry candles have very little scent compared to artificially scented bayberry candles.