Worldwide Candle Lighting Day 2024. As candles are lit on 8 december at 7 pm local time all over the world, hundreds of thousands of people commemorate and honour the memory of all children gone too soon. It takes place on the second sunday in december of every year.

Worldwide candle lighting day 2024 signals more than an annual tradition—it’s an emotional lifeline for hearts afloat on the tumultuous sea of loss. Now believed to be the largest mass candle lighting on the globe, the annual worldwide candle lighting (wcl), a gift to the bereavement community from the compassionate friends,.