Sometimes other Christian meanings are giving to the parts of the canes. The 'J' can also mean Jesus. The white of the cane can represent the purity of Jesus Christ and the red stripes are for the blood he shed when he died on the cross. The peppermint flavor can represent the hyssop plant that was used for purifying in the Bible. The strongest connection one might make between the origins of the candy cane and any intentional Christian association is to guess that possibly some unknown person, at some indefinite time, took a long-existing form of sweet i.
One verifiable albeit indirect religious connection associated with the modern candy cane exists, however. Fact Checks. Candy canes were created as Christian symbols representing the blood and purity of Jesus. False About this rating. In recent years several different stories have been advanced claiming that the candy cane was designed to be fraught with Christian religious symbolism, variously offering it as a secret form of identification used by European Christians during a time of persecution, a sweet treat created to induce children to behave well in church, or a confection dreamed up by a candymaker in Indiana to express his Christian faith: A candymaker in Indiana wanted to make a candy that would be a witness, so he made the Christmas Candy Cane.
Top Fact Checks. View all. There are a lot of explanations floating around out there about the candy cane. There are a lot of versions of this story out there. Snopes has some of them, including the most common retelling :. A candymaker in Indiana wanted to make a candy that would be a witness, so he made the Christmas Candy Cane.
He incorporated several symbols from the birth, ministry, and death of Jesus Christ. The first red and white striped candy canes were made at the turn of the 19th century. At the same time the first striped candy canes appeared, and candy makers added the peppermint flavor which quickly became a traditional flavor.
In the 's Bob McCormack, from Atlanta, was the first to use candy canes as special treats for Christmas for his friends and family. In the beginning the red and white candy canes were made by hand and producing them were labor intensive. The laborious process of making candy canes was eliminated in the 's when a machine designed especially for the automation of candy cane productions was invented by Gregory Keller Bob's brother-in-law.
His company, Bob's Candies was the first company to mass-produce and distribute candy canes worldwide, and has been in business for over eighty years.
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