Introduction
When you think of red and white during Christmas time???? Candy canes!!! I will be talking about candy canes and their history.They didn't always have stripes and weren't shaped like canes. In the mid-1600s they weren't called candy canes they were these things called candy sticks that were white. Candy makers made them by hand. The ingredients to candy sticks had to be mixed, heated, pulled, cut, and twisted. Sometimes they were hard to find because it took a long time to make them. The first candy stick was made in 1670. A lot of people use candy canes to hang on their tree. Candy canes started to have stripes in the 1900s. People also use candy canes to decorate their trees. Normally the colors of candy canes were red, white, and green, the Christmas colors.
Opinion
I think that candy canes are important because the colors show Christmas spirit. Kids love to eat them. Yeah you might get cavities from them but they show different things about Christmas that I'm going to talk about. If you make the candy cane upside down it is a J for Jesus. Also, his birthday is on Christmas. The colors are also the colors that Santa wears on Christmas. The red and white stand for Christ's blood and purity.The three red stripes symbolized the Holy Trinity. Also, kids love candy canes and Christmas so why can't they enjoy that time once a year.? Europeans used them to decorate their Yule tree. The hook shape mad it easier to hang on the branches. Last, is that candy canes show different ways that they are important and i hope you feel the same way.
Top Ten List
1.did not have stripes back then.
2. had the colors of Christmas on it.
3.a candy cane upside down stands for Jesus because it is a J and his birthday is on Christmas.
4.red and white stand for Christ's blood and purity.
5.Europeans used them to decorate for their Yule tree.
6.three red stripes symbolized for the Holy Trinity.
7.kids love to eat them.
8.did not look like a cane.
9.used to be called candy sticks without the stripes and cane
10.used to be fragile.
Question/challenge
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