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Not that they look very real, they sell these tea-light things that look like candles but are battery operated... they aren't too expensive. I bought some at Michaels before.

i agree with the LED candles. i went to a restaurant that had them in tall frosted candle holders, i didnt know they weren't real until i actually picked one up.

Our venue says not open-flame candles, so they just have to be enclosed - so we are able to use the little holders for tea light candles.  However, they said we could have any kind of candles we wanted if we hired a fire marshall, which in our area is about $50 per hour.

Ditto what TallBride said -- white Xmas lights are awesome (and cheap now!); they cast a lovely golden glow.  You can bunch them up in tall cylinder vases, that looks nice.  (There are ones that are battery operated, but they are more expensive, and I think you have to special order them from one of those online Christmas light sites.) 

Also, I bought some pretty small white paper lanterns from AsianIdeas.com -- they're battery operated!  They had a nice glow -- they won't really do much for you as far as lighting up a place -- it's a pretty weak light -- but they look purty!  And they last for quite a while.  I think my dad turned them on at around 3PM, and they all lasted until well after 10PM.  (If you buy batteries, get the cheap kind at Costco or something -- my dad pointed out that after being on for at least 5-7 hours straight, the batteries probably won't be good for much else later, and not really reliable, so you might as well toss 'em.  I know, I know, my soul had pangs of environmental guilt over this.  Either way, I didn't want to pay a lot for super-duper batteries when you don't really need them.)