EasyClassic
"The more of these you have, the older you are. Yet many people wish for more of them. They come once a year and are celebrated with candles. What are they?"
Answer
Birthdays
Explanation
Each birthday marks another year of life — the more you have accumulated the older you are. Yet most people happily celebrate and wish for many more birthdays, even as they age.
This is an easy riddle in the Classic category — Time-honoured riddles passed down through generations.
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