What is the origin of the concept of blowing out birthday candles?
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#50029. Asked by peasypod. (Aug 04 04 7:52 PM)
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Ancient Greeks who took their cakes to Artemis placed candles on the cake because it made the cake look as if it was glowing like the moon. The Germans were good candle makers and started to make small candles for their cakes. Some Germans place a big candle in the centre to symbolise the ‘light of life’. Some say that the candles were placed for religious reasons.
Others believed that the smoke from fires would take their wishes up to heaven. Today many people make silent wishes as they blow out their candles. They believe that blowing out all the candles in one breath will bring good luck.
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