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Dec 26, 2019 · Candy canes were originally solid white, but during the turn of the 20th century stripes started to appear. Prior to the late 19th century, Christmas cards of that period show nothing but plain white candy.
- Cane Shape
- Stripes
- Legends and Myths
The first historical reference to the familiar cane shape though goes back to 1670. The choirmaster at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany first bent the sugar-sticks into the shape of canes to represent a shepherd's staff. The all-white candy canes were then given out to children during the long-winded nativity services. The clergymen's custom of han...
About 50 years later, the first red-and-white-striped candy canes appeared. No one knows who exactly invented the stripes, but based on historical Christmas cards, we know that no striped candy canes appeared prior to the year 1900. Illustrations of striped candy canes didn't even show up until the beginning of the 20th century. Around that time, c...
There are many other legends and religious beliefs surrounding the humble candy cane. Many of them depict the candy cane as a secret symbol for Christianity during a time when Christianswere living under more oppressive circumstances. It has been claimed that the cane was shaped like a "J" for "Jesus" and that the red-and-white stripes represented ...
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Dec 15, 2016 · Red stripes finally appeared in candy canes at the end of the 19th century, but no one knows who exactly invented the striped pattern prior to 1900 since Christmas cards from that period showed only all-white canes.
Dec 22, 2019 · Some believe the stripes came from the candy maker Bob McCormack in the 1920s. The McCormack company became the leading peppermint candy cane producer during the late 1950s.
Dec 21, 2014 · The tale, it seems, has as many twists as those tasty stripes -- and, as it turns out, most are the stuff of legend. One popular story says a choirmaster in 17th century Germany gave candy...
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Dec 25, 2011 · Candy canes would not earn their characteristic stripes until around 1900. No one knows who first gave candy canes those well-known, bright-red stripes twisting around the candy stick like the stripes of a barber's pole.
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The white base color of the candy cane symbolizes Jesus’ purity; the red stripes symbolize Jesus’ blood when he died on the cross; and the J shape was chosen to represent the J in Jesus.
