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Origin Of The Candy Cane

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The Origin Of The Candy Cane
The original candy cane has been just a white piece of sugar, called candy sugar sticks. The candy cane did not become popular until around the nineteenth century. “The existence of candy sugar sticks without colored strips has been documented at least as far back as 1844… modern candy cane did not appear until the beginning of the 20th century”(Snopes). During the nineteenth century the white candy cane became popular to eat and on cards during Christmas time. There isn’t a proven reason why the original candy sugar sticks got bent and why the strips were added. There are two myths explaining why that happened. The first myth is that the candy cane started out white to represent the purity of Jesus. Then the
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