Stands for supporting a plurality of candles or decorations around a celebratory item, including a stringer and a platform supported on the stringer, the platform being complementarity configured with the celebratory item and including a plurality of support points configured to support the plurality of candles or decorations. In some examples, the stand includes a first stringer and a second stringer horizontally spaced from the first stringer, a first platform supported by the first stringer and the second stringer, and a second platform supported by the first stringer and by the second stringer in a position vertically spaced from the first platform, wherein the first platform and the second platform each include a plurality of support points configured to support the plurality of candles or decorations and are complementarity configured with the celebratory item to support the plurality of candles or decorations in a position adjacent to the celebratory item.