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Candy Canes Candy Canes were originally a simple white stick of sugar. It had no hooked shape, stripes, or pepermint flavor. Tradition says that the first hooked shaped canes when made by a choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral in Germany in 1670.He gave them to children at church services. The shape was meant to represent a shepard's hook. The red stripes and pepermint flavor did not seem to appear until roughly the begining of the twentieth century. Saint Nicholas/Santa Claus Historically, Saint Nicholas is a figure that many
relate with the Christmas season. Funny how
during this season in American culture we might
hear the name of Nicholas, but many rather than
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