The History of the Candy Cane

The origin of the candy cane goes back more than 350 years, back when candy-makers, both professional and amateur, were making hard sugar sticks.It was around the seventeenth century that Christians in Europe began to adopt the use of Christmas trees as part of their Christmas celebrations. They trees were decorated using foods like cookies and sometimes sugar-stick candies. The original...

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