Most men are wishing their significant other were doing to them what they're doing to the candles.
They wish the candles were blowing them.
You blow out candles on a birthday cake because, before you blow them out, you make a wish, and if you blow them all out in one try, your wish comes true. I've had experience! That, plus it is easier to cut the cake if the candles are not burning.
Well, darling, blowing out candles and making a wish on a birthday cake dates back to the ancient Greeks who believed that smoke carried their wishes to the gods. So, technically, when you blow out those candles, you're just participating in an ancient tradition of wish-making. Make a wish, blow out those candles, and hope for the best - that's the name of the game, honey!
We have Parties and sometimes cake or sweets. It is a very happy time. We put candles on the cake according to years. Ex: turning 12 put 12 candles. Then sing happy birthday. Then make a wish. End it with blowing out the candles. Then presents
Blow all the candles out on your birthday cake in one go and you can make a wish....but don't tell anyone or it won't come true!
Next time, if you you were talking about birthday candles, please be more specific, thanks. ^-^Well, for your birthday, wishes are just Things that you can wish apon to want or hopefully get to one day, but wishing on a birthday cake is just a tradition passed down through time, so technically, nothing. :P
Yes, Laura, can you blow out your candles and make a wish for your birthday?
Not really, no. Almost all traditions hold that the song is sung, and then the candles are blown out and a wish is made.
It is said that the customer, tradition of a birthday wish was started by the earl Greeks who used to place candles on the cake that they offered to Artemis - the Goddess of Moon.
You make your wish first, then blow out the candles. If you blow out the candles in one breath then your wish is supposed to come true.
Jim gets lots of wishes at his birthdays. It is the sentence containing wishes.
It is said that the custom of placing candles on a birthday was started by early Greeks who used to place candles on the cake that they offered to Artemis - the Goddess of Moon. Lit candles made their round shape cake glow like the moon. Scholars also say that the custom of placing candles originated because people believed that Gods lived in the skies. They thought that lit candle helped to send signals and prayers to the god so that they could be answered more effectively. The other belief that people held was when a person makes a wish while blowing out the votive candle a signal or message was received by the god and the prayers would be answered.