Place one or two small pinecones, two or three cinnamon sticks and a couple dried orange slices in a pint mason jar.

Don’t worry about exact placement at this time, you can arrange them later as the jar fills up.

Add a few star anise, cloves and some sprigs of rosemary or other greenery around the orange slices and pinecones. Everything should fit tightly so all stays in place.

Use your chopstick or long skewer to arrange all the spices and flora in an even and pleasing arrangement. Drop in the fresh cranberries, pushing them down or around with the chopstick.

Make sure everything is pushed down below the neck of the jar so you have room for the wick to float freely in the oil.

Carefully fill the mason jar oil lamp with light olive oil then add several drops of your choice of essential oil and stir. The cranberries will float to the top, you can push some of them down under the other items to hold them. But it’s ok to allow some of them to float.

As per the package instructions, place one of the tiny wicks inside the middle of the disc about ⅔ of the way. Drop the wick with disc into the oil cork side down.

Light your beautiful Christmas oil lamp and enjoy the season.