Birthday Cake Candles: Do Wishes Really Come True?

It has been a tradition to prepare birthday cakes for the birthday occasion and there's no denying that almost always the birthday cake becomes the most important part of the celebration not just because everybody loves it but because no birthday occasion would look fun without it. But why birthday cakes? Why not cherry buns or something else that is eye catching and colourful? There are actually several noteworthy truths about these birthday cakes

Let's first take a salivating tour of the different kinds of birthday cakes. Birthday cakes come with a range of sizes, shapes, designs, flavours according to the specific requests of the celebrant. As long as there is place for candles, usually beside the cake toppers, guests will instantly enjoy a delightful birthday cake.

Some research findings demonstrate that birthday cakes were made in the old times when the Greeks would make an offering to Artemis, the Goddess of Moon, round-shaped cakes that represented the shape of the moon.

Later on, during the Middle Ages in Germany, birthday cakes began to be more commonplace and became iconic of commemoration of the natal day of a person, and of a baby in particular.

In Western culture, these birthday cake candles mean a person's age. It is particularly popular among children as they actually grow more positively anxious to count the candles on their cakes or to see the numbers add up as each year passes by. However, as they reach teen age years and become adults, they usually choose to have one candle just to embellish birthday cakes. The candles now have a different meaning, signifying a hope for wisdom in the present and future years of their lives.

On the other hand, chroniclers lead us to the possible idea that candles blown off a birthday cake cause the smoke to be blown in the wind and to travel to the skies and arrive at the gods, taking all our silent wishes and prayers along with it .

Now that you have a deeper understanding of the ritual that is blowing your birthday cake candle, you can have a better enjoyment of it, comprehending its meaning in your life.


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