How do I keep the votive candle from sinking into the snow?

The glass of a votive candle holder will heat up from a lit candle and cause the candle and the candle holder to sink into the snow.

To counter this, take a plastic cup, turn it upside down and put it into the snowbank where you want the candle to be. (Adjust the height of the candle by adding snow to the cup.)

Put the votive candle holder on the upturned bottom of the cup and place the globe ice lantern over the candle.

The plastic cup should act as insulation between the heated candleholder and the snow. Then the candle will stay just where you want it - in the bottom 1/3 of the globe ice lantern so it can glow from the bottom up!

It is also a good idea to put a plastic cup under a glass votive to keep the glass from freezing to whatever surface it is sitting on. Once the candle goes out and the glass votive holder gets cold, it could freeze to the surface and be very challenging to remove.