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Candy Canes Have a Surprising History That Started Over 300 Years Ago
By Kara Zauberman – Published: Dec 12, 2024
Candy canes have a long history that some people say started in Germany back in 1670 when a choirmaster at the Cologne Cathedral handed out sugar sticks to a group of youthful choirboys who had a hard time keeping quiet during the church services. Though these early candy canes weren’t striped but rather all white sticks, the choirmaster did bend the candy into the shape of a shepherd’s staff as a nod to the religious story told.
Others say that the hooked shape came about as a convenient way for people to hang the treats from trees. Either way, candy canes didn’t gain those festive red and white stripes or even the peppermint flavor until the early 20th century.
Why Do Candy Canes Have Red and White Stripes?
“The early days of candy cane making was an arduous process of twisting, pulling, and bending all by hand. But in the 1950s, the production of candy canes became automated which made things a whole lot easier. Red stripes and peppermint flavor were added as a result to appeal to a mass audience and the popularity of candy canes skyrocketed from there. According to the National Confectioners Association, 76 billion candy canes are now produced in the United States every year!
These days, you can find candy canes in various colors, sizes, and even flavors. They’re not just a symbol of Christmastime, but they’re also a delicious topping for peppermint bark or a festive addition to a cozy hot chocolate board.” – The Pioneer Woman Blog
Christmas Market, Cologne Cathedral, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
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Good morning, Lucille!
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Good mornin’, ernn! Coffee’s ready, sir.
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Mornin’ Tex! Thanks for the coffee. It’s Wednesday and we’re halfway to the weekend!
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Morning ernnburn!
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Good mornin’ Stella!
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Hi ernn!
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Good morning, Menagerie!
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Good mornin’, Lucille! Couldn’t tell you the last candy cane I had, but they always bring a smile to my face. Coffee’s ready, ma’am.
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Mornin’ Lucille!
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Morning Lucille!
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Mornin’ all ya’all! Last day of visit to my sister in Charlottesville. First day that started above freezing. Looking forward to Coastal MS and 60* days!
I visited Cologne in the summer of 1968. There were still piles of rubble from WW2 bombings at the foot of the cathedral.
would love to travel to the Christmas markets of Europe.
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Morning Lucille!
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Good mornin’, and happy hump day! Halfway to Friday! Who else can say they didn’t give an interview to Vanity Fair this week, besides me? This pot is located in the Winston-Salem, NC area, and looks like it could use some sprucing up. Keep your head on a swivel and carpe’ your coffee!
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That Vanity Fair article makes you pause and go…very interesting.
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I want to know who thought it was a good idea. Because it wasn’t! 😉
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I think it got exactly what she and her cohorts wanted.
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Gracias and mornin’ T!
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😁😁😁Morning Wee!
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😀 Mornin’ Menage!
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Good mornin’, Miss Wee! I would love to try something like that……but it would mean having to get out and begin peopling……and that’s usually not a good thing when I have to do it! 😉
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Me too! And what’s more, I wouldn’t. That hag knew what she’d get. Feigning outrage is ludicrous. And all those Cabinet members voicing support? That’s them staying on the witch’s good side for access. She’s a snake and nothing I’ve ever, ever read about her explains to me why the heck President Trump would pick her.
In other news relating to things so stupid I can’t believe someone should do it, Erika Kirk elevating Candace Owens to a level of legitimacy by talking to her, and Megan Kelly’s doubling down on cowardly spinelessness also top my list. And it’s only Wednesday!
Conservatives are a wide range of ages, races, beliefs, and ranges of commonality, but they seem to share one trait across the board. When the chips are down, let’s go all in on not doing anything and bragging about it. Oh no, let’s not fight and win, persevere, stand on principle, hold people and politicians and journalists to account. Nuh uh!
Good morning T! Thanks for the coffee.
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Good mornin’, Menage! Like you, I’m not buying the feigned outrage at VF. Someone thought it would be a good idea and had 11 interview sessions with the devil, and now they’re “shocked” that the scorpion stung them. I get it that the inner circle has to act surprised, but while many of us may have been born at night, it wasn’t last night.
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Mornin’ Tex! That should be enough for today.
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Good evenin’, Miss Stella. We didn’t watch the speech tonight, so I’ll be surprised when I get up and catch the early news. Coffee will be served, ma’am.
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I posted it for tomorrow morning.
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Mornin’ kids!
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Good mornin’ Wee!
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Mornin’ Ernnburn!
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I sure do miss summer in Yellowstone!
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Mornin’ Wee!
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Mornin’ Stella!
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Who remembers old fashioned kid entertainment? For some reason, my husband brought this up this morning. We brainstormed a few old memories. What about you, did you play these games, or have others?
Making a spin toy out of a big button and string, using string to do the Jacob’s ladder and cat’s in a cradle, and the escape game with a second person? Making a whistles from a piece of cellophane or a blade of grass? And if we were outside after a rainstorm, we loved watching and swirling the oil in the mud puddles with a stick to see the luminescent colors move around. So many old games and hand made toys, so much imagination!
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Have you ever really thought about our parents letting us play in mud puddles that had motor oil in them? 😀 😀 😀
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Just one item on a list of what the actual heck stories? How many times did you ride in the back of a pickup truck? Also, some of my best memories of high school are riding to school with one of my friends in his Volkswagen Beetle. On any given day there could be up to seven or eight of us in there. Believe it or not. If I hadn’t lived it, I wouldn’t have.
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Morning Menage! We played outside most of the time. Building forts was a thing for us. Also tag and hide and seek. Our neighbors had a small farm, so playing in the corncrib and hay mow were fun things to do.
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That farm play sounds awesome to a city kid. We played outside all the time too, mostly year round. Good morning!
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The neighborhood was at that time transitioning from rural to suburban. Two exciting things that happened: 1. The pigs got loose and ran around in the nearby residential neighborhood. 2. A mother cow charged me in the pasture (I was about 6 at the time). The farmer’s daughter got the cow’s attention, and I ran to safety. An interesting thing that I remember: The mother chopped off a chicken’s head, and it ran without it’s head.
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My husband has always talked about the headless chickens running. His grandmother used to keep them. He says fried chicken tastes like nothing you’d imagine from a fresh cooked yard raised hen
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We kept chickens for a while when we moved to a 5-acre quasi-farm. I was age 9, and we lived there for six years. Ours were egg layers, so the ones we killed were old hens, though good for stewing! We never raised frying chickens for the freezer.
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National Maple Syrup Day – it’s the season
National Wright Brothers’ Day
National Say it Now Day – a day to tell friends and loved ones how important they are to us by expressing gratitude for all the ways they’ve impacted our lives. With the year winding down, it’s the perfect time to show gratitude to those around us for all they have done during the year.
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Mornin’ Czarina!
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Morning czarina. I am going all in on maple syrup. Wee put me in the mood for pancakes the other day, only to discover I didn’t have enough syrup to cook them.
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This ‘un??
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Can’t figure out why I hadn’t thought of that!
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IKR??? How easy! Like a burrito!
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Ooh, yeah, that’s it!
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Good mornin! Czarina!
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Every one of ’em a home run!
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Morning czarina! All good ones.
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Afternoon All. We had high winds all night last night and the power went off this morning all over the area. It just came back on a few minutes ago. Luckily it is still pretty warm here, in the 40’s. But, there are more high winds tonight and the temps are dropping into the low 30’s.
Stay warm and enjoy whatever weather you have if you can.
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Good evening, mom! I hope you are able to stay warm. It has warmed up considerably here, and we have rain on the way.
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Evening, Aus! Our Friday forecast calls for rain and we have a strong wind warning up. Sounds like a good idea to be ready for power outages.
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