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Line 6: − − ==The Truth== − A candy cane is a hard cane-shaped candy stick. It is traditionally white with red stripes and flavored with peppermint (also known as a peppermint stick); however, it is also made in a variety of other flavors and may be decorated with stripes of different colors and thicknesses. The candy cane is a traditional candy surrounding the Christmas holiday in North America, although it is possible to find them throughout the year. − − The candy cane was originally a straight, hard, and all-white candy stick invented by French priests in the early 1400s. The cane shape is traditionally credited to a choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral in Germany, who, legend has it, in 1670 bent straight sugar sticks into canes to represent a shepherd's staff, and gave them to children at church services[1]. Another theory is that, as people decorated their Yule trees with food, the bent candy cane was invented as a functional solution. Candy with red stripes first appeared in the early 1900s.[2] Postcards before 1900s show only white colored candy canes.
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*When turned upside-down, the candy cane forms a "J" for "Jesus".
*When turned upside-down, the candy cane forms a "J" for "Jesus".
*The stripes on the candy cane may represent the [[Trinity]], and may also represent Jesus' bleeding wounds, on a background which is white (symbolizing purity).
*The stripes on the candy cane may represent the [[Trinity]], and may also represent Jesus' bleeding wounds, on a background which is white (symbolizing purity).
==Sources==
==Sources==