What is the candy cane legend?

Answer 1

A man made it as a symbol. right-side up it is a shepherds staff, because Catholics believe that the lord is like their Shepard,watching over them. Upside-down it is a J for Jesus.The white is because Jesus is pure, whiter then snow. The red is for the blood Jesus shed when he died on the cross. Now you know the story!

Answer 2

Candy canes, like all sweets, were made for children significantly to give them energy in winter, more specially during winter night Church services. The candy cane was earlier a simple hard sugar rod to keep the children busy and not to disturb the Church service during church services. The candy canes became associated with the Christmas festivity and acquired a crookshape of the shepherd's cane in symbolic manifestation of Jesus. Innovations in color and stripes to the candy cane became a part of Christmas festivity and a Christmas tradition.

Answer 3

The legend is that a priest ordered the candy canes from a local confectioner. He thought that it might help the children to stay quiet during Christmas services. The white was to remind them to live a sinless life, and the crook shape was to remind them of the shepherds that visited the baby Jesus.