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An early 1900s Christmas card image of candy canes. A common story of the origin of candy canes says that in 1670, in Cologne, Germany, the choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral, wishing to remedy the noise caused by children in his church during the Living Crèche tradition of Christmas Eve, asked a local candy maker for some "sugar sticks" for them.
The "Wedding Church" in Kafr Kanna, Israel, one of the locations considered to be the site of the biblical CanaThe wedding at Cana (also called the marriage at Cana, wedding feast at Cana or marriage feast at Cana) is a story in the Gospel of John at which the first miracle attributed to Jesus takes place.
Candy Canes Even holiday sweets come with serious meaning. According to various spots on the Internet, the candy cane’s shape comes from the letter “J” in honor of Jesus.
Surprisingly, candy canes have a pretty fascinating story that dates back more than 350 years! Fun fact: Candy canes didn't always have those classic red and white stripes. (It's hard to imagine ...
Candy canes enjoy a privileged spot in the Christmas candy lineup, but their start is shrouded in legend: A persistent origin story is that a choirmaster in Germany handed out hard candy in the ...
Cana is very positively located in Shepherd's Historical Atlas, 1923: modern scholars are less sure.. Among Christians and other students of the New Testament, Cana is best known as the place where, according to the Fourth Gospel, Jesus performed "the first of his signs", his first public miracle, the turning of a large quantity of water into wine at a wedding feast (John 2, John 2:1–11 ...
The candy cane legend is completely unknown in Cologne and candy canes are not part of German Christmas traditions (note how there isn't even a German version of the article on Wikipedia). All German sources I can find for this story were originally written in English.
A candle pushed into the centre of the orange, then lit, representing Jesus Christ as Light of the World; A red ribbon wrapped around the orange or a paper frill around the candle, representing the blood of Christ; Dried fruits and/or sweets skewered on cocktail sticks pushed into the orange, representing the fruits of the earth and the four ...