Approaching Christmas and New Year 2023, all preparations and decorations start coloring the house to places of worship for those who celebrate.
tree Not only a Christmas , gifts and colorful lights, but there is one more that is prepared to welcome Christmas .
Especially if it's not the identical red and white candy canes during Christmas celebrations .
celebration No Christmas is complete without candy canes. red and white
This type of candy is synonymous with Christmas celebrations . But who would have thought, there is a long story behind it.
Candy, also known as candy stick, first appeared in an exhibition in Massachusetts, United States in 1837.
Initially the candy was made with plain white color without any red stripes.
Then, the candy became synonymous with Christmas celebrations in 1874.
At that time, the recipe for making candy canes was quite simple.
But now, the candy has a variety of flavors such as peppermint or wintergreen.
In 1920, Bob McCormack from Georgia, United States (US) started making candy canes for his friends and family.
Reported by Pikiran-Rakyat.com from Why Christmas, his candy canes are getting more and more popular.
This made Bob set up his own business, Bob's Candies. Bob's brother-in-law, Gregory Harding Keller, who is a Catholic priest, invented a machine that allowed candy canes to be curved automatically.
Then in 2005, Bob's Candies store was purchased by Farley and Sathers.
Although it has changed hands, the shop still produces candy canes.
Although the story is worldwide and popular, another story says that the history of the candy began in 1670.
A choir leader in Germany gives candy cane shapes to children so they can sit quietly during Christmas services .
In some versions, the curve resembling the letter J means 'Jesus'.
While the white part symbolizes the purity of Jesus Christ.
While the red stripes are a symbol of the blood of Jesus when he died on the cross.
On the other hand, the taste of peppermint may represent the hyssop plant used for purification in the Bible.
However, these meanings were only added after the candy became an inseparable icon of Christmas celebrations .
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