In the late 1800s a candy maker in Indiana wanted
to express the meaning of Christmas through a symbol
made of candy. He came up with the idea of bending
one of his white candy sticks into the shape of a
Candy Cane. He incorporated several symbols of Christ's
love and sacrifice through the Candy Cane. First,
he used a plain white peppermint stick. The color
white symbolizes the purity and sinless nature of
Jesus. Next, he added three small stripes to symbolize
the pain inflicted upon Jesus before His death on
the cross. There are three of them to represent the
Holy Trinity. He added a bold stripe to represent
the blood Jesus shed for mankind. When looked at with
the crook on top, it looks like a shepherd's staff
because Jesus is the shepherd of man. If you turn
it upside down, it becomes the letter J symbolizing
the first letter in Jesus' name. The candy maker made
these candy canes for Christmas, so everyone would
remember what Christmas is all about.
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