# Pagan origin story

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**Published on:** 2021-10-29
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The use of fire in certain rites dates back to the creation of altars. Birthday candles are said to hold symbolic power.[7] In the past it was believed that evil spirits visited people on their birthdays and that, to protect the person whose birthday it was from evil, people must surround the individual and make them merry. Party-goers made noise to scare away evil spirits.

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