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The History of
the Candy Cane
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A candy
maker in Indiana wanted to make a candy that would be a witness, so he
made the Christmas Candy Cane. He incorporated several symbols for the
birth, ministry, and death of Jesus Christ.
He began
with a stick of pure white, hard candy: white to symbolize the Virgin
Birth and the sinless nature of Jesus, and hard to symbolize the Solid
Rock, the foundation of the Church, and firmness of the promises of
G-d.
The candy maker made the candy in the form of a
J to represent the precious name of Jesus, who
came to earth as our Savior. It could also represent the staff of the
Good Shepherd with which He reaches down into the ditches of the world
to lift out the fallen lambs who, like all sheep, have gone astray.
Thinking
that the candy was somewhat plain, the candy maker stained it with red
stripes. He used three small stripes to show the stripes of the
scourging Jesus received by which we are healed.
The large
red stripe was for the blood shed by Christ on the cross so that we
could have the promise of eternal life.
Unfortunately, the candy became known as a Candy Cane a meaningless
decoration seen at Christmas time. But the meaning is still there for
those who have eyes to see and ears to hear.
I pray that
this symbol will again be used to witness to the wonder of Jesus and His
great love that came down at Christmas and remains the ultimate and
dominant force in the universe today.
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