The candles have a short, fast-burning wick, which lasts just long enough to sing "Happy Birthday to You" twice ("Birthday song: 22 seconds. Candle burn time: 55 seconds," the box helpfully notes).

A birthday cake had lit candles around it, with each candle representing a year of the celebrant’s life. The celebrant blows ...

Mitt Romney said he blew out each candle one by one because he was sick. Happy birthday, even if it’s not today! Whether you go for traditional candles, sparklers or those tricky ones you can ...

Thanks for singing "Happy Birthday" to me. Now I am going to spit all over the cake you'll eat. That's essentially what happens when you blow out the candles on a birthday cake. And where there's ...

She said: 'Absolute disbelief at the substitution from Tesco for a number 5 birthday candle. 2, 2 and 1 is not quite the same.' Sheree, from Coventry had ordered a £1 'Bake with Love Sparkly ...