xmas countdown: Sept.22: 93 days to go! Few things say Christmas more
than those sugary sticks of red and white deliciousness. There was a
time, however, when they weren't red and white.(Although we imagine they
were still pretty tasty.) The familiar Christmas treats started popping
up around the 17th century as Europeans started using trees to
celebrate the Christian holiday season and made special foods to
decorate them with. Candy canes first appeared around 1670 when a ca
thedral
choirmaster would hand out the all-white confections to children to
keep them occupied during Christmas mass. While no one knows exactly who
gave candy canes their stripes, one (unproven) theory has it that the
"J" shape was once meant to stand for Jesus and the three stripes
represent the Holy Trinity. (Red is meant to represent the blood of
Christ. Chew over that the next time you bite into a tasty candy cane.)
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