That usually applies to Shabbos, because if you forgot to light, you cannot light again until after Shabbos. On yom tov, you could have lit at any time when you remembered that night. Surely someone would have reminded you at kiddush time. As far as the extra candle is concerned, many people light an extra candle in zechus of something. You don’t have to say why. I had a different problem. I lit my candles and within five minutes or so of Shabbos, they went out. I was told just to relight them after Shabbos. As you can imagine I was very upset that this happened.
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