Blowing Candles Out at Benjamin Dasilva blog

Blowing Candles Out. Today’s tradition of making wishes before blowing out your birthday candles may have started with that belief. Is the act of blowing out candles on a birthday cake risky during the coronavirus pandemic? When you blow out candles, you create an airflow that disperses the heat that rises from the candles. It wasn't a birthday, exactly (more of an offering), but candles were put on the cake to represent the glow of the moon, and when the candles were blown out, the smoke from them would carry wishes up to the gods. When you blow out a “trick or “magic candle, the ember that remains is hot enough to ignite the magnesium dust on the wick, which in turn gets hot enough to ignite the paraffin vapor back into a flame. Magnesium burns quickly at a relatively low ignition temperature (as low as 800° f). Just about everybody loves being presented with a birthday cake, and blowing out the candles before digging into the sweet treat is a tradition that carries on from childhood into adulthood. But why do we put candles on our cake and then insist on blowing them out while making a wish? The airflow carries the heat. Others believe that the tradition of birthday candles started with the germans.

But why do we put candles on our cake and then insist on blowing them out while making a wish? When you blow out candles, you create an airflow that disperses the heat that rises from the candles. Magnesium burns quickly at a relatively low ignition temperature (as low as 800° f). The airflow carries the heat. When you blow out a “trick or “magic candle, the ember that remains is hot enough to ignite the magnesium dust on the wick, which in turn gets hot enough to ignite the paraffin vapor back into a flame. Today’s tradition of making wishes before blowing out your birthday candles may have started with that belief. It wasn't a birthday, exactly (more of an offering), but candles were put on the cake to represent the glow of the moon, and when the candles were blown out, the smoke from them would carry wishes up to the gods. Just about everybody loves being presented with a birthday cake, and blowing out the candles before digging into the sweet treat is a tradition that carries on from childhood into adulthood. Others believe that the tradition of birthday candles started with the germans. Is the act of blowing out candles on a birthday cake risky during the coronavirus pandemic?

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Blowing Candles Out When you blow out candles, you create an airflow that disperses the heat that rises from the candles. The airflow carries the heat. When you blow out a “trick or “magic candle, the ember that remains is hot enough to ignite the magnesium dust on the wick, which in turn gets hot enough to ignite the paraffin vapor back into a flame. Today’s tradition of making wishes before blowing out your birthday candles may have started with that belief. But why do we put candles on our cake and then insist on blowing them out while making a wish? Just about everybody loves being presented with a birthday cake, and blowing out the candles before digging into the sweet treat is a tradition that carries on from childhood into adulthood. Magnesium burns quickly at a relatively low ignition temperature (as low as 800° f). It wasn't a birthday, exactly (more of an offering), but candles were put on the cake to represent the glow of the moon, and when the candles were blown out, the smoke from them would carry wishes up to the gods. Others believe that the tradition of birthday candles started with the germans. Is the act of blowing out candles on a birthday cake risky during the coronavirus pandemic? When you blow out candles, you create an airflow that disperses the heat that rises from the candles.