Why Do We Eat Birthday Cake?

byRukmini Das

Have you ever wondered why we celebrate birthdays with cake, candles and wishes? Or why people dance and sing at weddings? Celebrations often include special rituals. These rituals can seem strange or even funny, but they usually have interesting stories behind them. Let’s discover why we do some of the things we do when we celebrate!

The Birthday Cake Mystery Birthday cakes weren’t always part of celebrations. Long ago, in ancient Greece, people baked round cakes in honour of Artemis, the goddess of the moon. These cakes were round like the moon itself! Candles were placed on these cakes to represent moonlight. Much later, in