Candy Canes

[Chipchopper]

What is the origin behind this red and white confection at Christmas time and do red spiraling stripes have any significance ?

[hc4361]

https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/candycanes.shtml

[Jackdaw33]

They appear to be just a variant of traditional seaside rock.

[Chipchopper]

Thanks for the link hc, having read it, it all seems to make perfect sense now.

[hc4361]

I had no idea, so thanks for asking, Chipchopper. I thought they were a recent addition to the Christmas list :)

[Old_Geezer]

Always seemed to be a US culture thing, to me. Assumed it was just something that caught on there.

[hc4361]

How wrong we were, OG

[spathiphyllum]

the red stripes can symbolise the blood that christ shed

i however, just think it is festive and aesthetic