Why Do We Put Candles on our Birthday Cake

Today, I was playing with my sister Hana and the game was making a birthday cake. Then suddenly I realized something, why do we put candles on top of our birthday cake.

And so I searched it on Google and it says that it was a tradition for the ancient Greeks. It was special to the Greeks to celebrate the Greek moon. The light of the candle represents the light of the moon. The smoke from the candle carries the wishes and prayers to the gods who actually lived above the skies. And others believed that the smoke helped to ward off evil spirits. 

My Drawing of a Birthday Cake

And so today, we still practice putting candles on top of our cake and blow the candles before making a wish. And now that I know this stuff, the next time I play with Hana, I will know why we put candles on our birthday cake.