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Nov 28, 2018 · This was the first documented use of candy canes in relation to the celebration of Christmas, and it clearly caught on and became a Christmas tradition. However, according to Christmas cards of that era, candy canes were still all white—they didn't get their stripes until about half a century later. We don't know why the stripes were added ...
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The first time they are documented as being called 'candy canes' comes in 1866; and their first connection to Christmas comes from 1874. Early recipes had them as simply 'sugar' flavored. But we're now used to them being flavored with peppermint or wintergreen. Around 1920, Bob McCormack, from Georgia, USA, started making canes for his friends ...
Oct 12, 2022 · Sure, throw some canes on Christmas trees. Shutterstock. According to Spangler, a prominent American manufacturer of candy canes stateside, a German-Swedish immigrant to Wooster, Ohio, named August Imgard turned candy canes into ornaments in 1870. The story goes that Imgard, longing for home, decided to cut down a tree to decorate in his ...
Nov 25, 2020 · The sticks were shaped into shepherds' crooks to keep with the holiday theme. Sweets expert Susan Benjamin of True Treats Historic Candy agreed that this may be true, noting that "pulled sugars" were very popular in 17th century Europe. She shared a theory of the crook at the end of the cane as a reference to the shepherds of the Nativity scene ...
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Dec 6, 2016 · Legend has it, in 1670, a choir leader at Cologne Cathedral in Germany came up with the brilliant idea of bribing restless kids with candy to keep them occupied for the extra-long holiday mass, during which congregants acted out the Nativity scene, according to Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas, by Ace Collins.
It is believed that the red stripes of the candy cane represent the blood of Christ and the white stripes of the candy cane represent the purity of Christ. The hook or "J" shape of the candy cane is said to represent Jesus's name. The holiday treat may have gotten its famous red stripes from the Swedish town of Granna (the peppermint candy ...
Sugar candy sticks were a part of Christmas treats and decorations during the 1600's, though the first ones were straight in shape and plain white. The first curved candy cane shape is attributed to a celebration at a cathedral, in which the choirmaster bent the sticks into the shape of a shepherd’s crook to distribute to children. It was not ...
