Ringing in the Celebration: A Guide to Birthday Rings
Birthday rings, also known as birthday candles or cake toppers, are accessories that adorn cakes on special occasions. Traditionally used during birthday celebrations and other milestones like anniversaries and weddings, these decorative pieces take the form of numbered candles or customizable rings with protruding numbers for easy identification. The idea behind using them is to signify each year’s milestone in one's life journey while making a wish before blowing out the flames they produce—a custom popularized worldwide but believed to have originated from Germany around the 18th century