blowing candles
Wishing while exhaling
Blowing candles refers to the birthday ritual of extinguishing candles on a cake with a single breath, traditionally after making a silent wish: She closed her eyes, made a wish, and blew out all the candles.
The phrase usually appears as blowing out candles, with the particle included.
- birthdayAnnual date of origin
- birthday cakeFrosted celebratory pastry
- cakeFrosted baked dessert
- make a wishHope for something silently
- wishYearned-for outcome
closed eyes · deep breath · flames · wax · smoke · breath · blowing out · celebration · flickering · party · party hats · melting · wick · extinguish · glow · puff · sparklers · frosting
- celebrationsgraduation, festival, party, wedding, fireworks
- birthdaysbirthday cake, birthday card, birthday wish, birthday song, birthday party
- family memorieshome videos, home movies, photo album, scrapbook, baby photos
- home routinesmorning routine, weekly cleaning, chores, cleaning, laundry
- superstitionssuperstition, superstitions, hexes, black cats, broken mirror
- wisheswish, make a wish, wish granted, wish fulfillment, wish list
flame state action
blowing candleslighting candles
Igniting wax wicks
striking a match · kindling · setting alight · illuminating · sparking
blow, blows, blown, blower, blowers, candle, candles, candlelit, candlestick