What would people like to eat on their birthday? The answer would be different in different countries.
In many countries, people have birthday cakes w candles（蜡烛） . The number of candles is the person's a . The birthday person must make a wish and blow out the candles. If he or she blows out all the candles in one go, the wish will c true. In the UK, people sometimes p a candy in a birthday cake. The child with the candy is l .
In China, it is getting popular to have cake on birthday. But many people still eat very long n for their birthday. They never cut up the noodles b the long noodles area symbol（象征）of long life. In some places, Chinese people also e eggs on their birthday. They are a symbol of life and good luck.
All of these birthday foods may be different, but the i are the same. They b good luck to the birthday person.
