The candy cane is one of the favorite candies of Christmas. It goes on the Christmas tree beautifully, and it has a jolly mint-flavored taste. Here's its story:
In 1670, the choirmaster at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany handed out sugar sticks to his young singers to keep them quiet during a long ceremony.
He made them just for that - the guy didn’t even know what he had made!
In Indiana, a candy maker wanted to make a candy that could be a reminder of Jesus, so he made the Christmas candy cane. He started off with a stick of pure white hard candy. The white color symbolized the virgin birth and the nature of Jesus, and the hard candy symbolized the solid rock which was the foundation of the church, and firmness of the promises of God. The candy maker made the candy in the form of a J, which represented the name of Jesus. And so the candy cane was born.
Today the candy cane is the one of the most liked candies in America. And, of course, it looks great on your Christmas tree.
