The Lighting Of The Third Candle: The Name Candle

Everyone has a name. Even before you were born, your parents talked about what to call you. They probably thought of all kinds of different possibilities. They might have looked up names in a special dictionary or thought about names which were special favorites for them. And when you were born, your name was written on your birth certificate before you left the hospital. You might have even had a little bracelet on your wrist with your name on it.

Do you know why you were given your particular name? Yes, sometimes we are called after people in our family like our grandparents or aunts or uncles. Maybe you have been named after a famous person. Names are very important because they tell people something about us. Sometimes our friends mig…