cf4ac695ea Unfortunately, the candy became known as a Candy Cane a meaningless decoration seen at Christmas time. Unfortunately, we can manage to answer only a small fraction of our incoming mail. The large red stripe was for the blood shed by Christ on the cross so that we could have the promise of eternal life. Moreover, English-language references to "candy canes" (1866) and their association with Christmas (1874) didn't begin to pop up until the latter part of the 19th century, two hundred years after the treat had supposedly been invented and popularized as a Christmastime confection. Treasury of Christmas Stories. He incorporated several symbols for the birth, ministry and death of Jesus Christ. Click the back button to try another link.
405 Not Allowed.. Please use our material for any purpose that brings honor to Jesus. He used three small stripes to show the flogging Jesus received by which we are healed. But the meaning is still there for those who "have eyes to see and ears to hear." Every time you see a Candy Cane, remember the Wonder of Jesus and His Great Love that came down at Christmas, and that His Love remains the ultimate and dominant force in the universe today. "Candy Canes Are Also a Treat for the Soul." The Columbus Dispatch. The choirmaster asked the candy maker if he could bend the sticks and make a crook at the top of each one. The claim that candy canes were created by "a candymaker in Indiana" who "stained them with red stripes to show the stripes of the scourging Jesus received" is similarly lacking in documentation and historically problematic.
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