A candymaker 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
the firmness of the promises of God.
The candymaker 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 s
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