December 19, 2003
Dec. 19, 2003 -- Legend has it that candy canes trace back more than 350 years to a straight stick used to pacify babies. In the mid-1600?s, the choirmaster of the Cologne Cathedral in Germany used the sticks to settle restless children during long Christmas masses. He bent the stick to represent the shepherd?s crook.
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It was not until the middle 1800?s that the crook-shaped candy was introduced in the United States, where they remain a holiday tradition.
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