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AN ANCIENT GREEK TRADITION IS TO PLACE CANDLES ON CAKES.

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True. The Greeks of old would bring a cake with candles on it. To the temple of Artemis, the Goddess of the Hunt and the Moon stood in for the glistening moon. 
As each candle stood for a year that had passed, it wasn't until the 1700s that it started to become a birthday custom.

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