Clean by rubbing the surface with a little toothpaste on a soft cloth; then rinse with water and dry well.

Wax on a carpet or hard floor.
Place a bag of ice over the wax and leave until the wax is hard. Use the blade of a knife to chisel off as much of the wax as possible. Scrub up the remaining wax with a dampened cloth.

To clean candle holders, place them in the freezer for as long as possible or overnight, when you take them out, just pup out the wax with the edge of a credit card.

Be aware:
Be aware: Candles cause four times as many house fires during the holidays as they do other time of the year according to government statistics.

If you rub the inside of a banana peel on a poison ivy rash, it should reduce the irritation within a few days

Got ants? Get grits.
Sprinkle uncooked grits on anthills.
Supposedly the grits soak up so much moisture in the ants’ digestive system, the insects simply die of dehydration.
- South Carolina newspaper -