Just the Candy Cane Facts, Ma'am

Though Elvis beseeched Santa, "Don't fill my sock with candy," it doesn't seem like such a bad idea.  And while we're on the subject, did you know...

The original candy cane had a shape different then the modern day design.

It was straight, all white, and hard.

The first candy cane was made over 350 years ago.

The first historical reference in America to the candy cane dates back to 1847.
A German immigrant from Wooster, Ohio decorated his Christmas tree with candy canes.

The red and white striped candy canes were first made around 1900.

Nearly 2 billion candy canes will be sold in the four weeks before Christmas and Hanukkah.

 

Zero-calorie candy canes and peppermint drops in my etsy store.

In Praise of All Things Wintergreen

If you are fond of wintergreen,
And like it for your breath hygiene,



Or even like its minty mien
When added for the dip-snuff scene.



This bracelet, though, of wintergreen
Cannot be chewed or brushed, nor seen



In any fine candy tureen,
Because, if chewed, it's might mean.






Works well as jewelry, though.