Striking a match and lighting your favorite candle easily sets the tone for your home. Whether it’s to relax after a long day ...

What began as a sacred ritual has become one of the world’s most widespread party traditions. From moonlit offerings in Greece to protective spells in medieval Europe, birthday candles once carried ...

Nice burn! An 80-foot-long sponge cake completely covered with flaming birthday candles puts all your Grandma-is-so-old jokes to shame. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and ...

Blowing out birthday candles is an age-old tradition, but it's something that's more likely to make people cringe than cheer in the age of COVID-19. Thanks to the pandemic, we've all become a lot more ...

Eleven years ago, Taylor Swift was feeling 22. Now, the singer-songwriter just celebrated her 33rd birthday on Dec. 13 with a casual celebration in New Orleans this year. While the birthday ...

"Our only instructions were to make it special," a representative for Bywater Bakery in New Orleans tells PEOPLE Sabrina Weiss is the Editorial Assistant of PEOPLE's food department. She writes the ...