Dec 262025
National Candy Cane Day is today! According to legend, in 1670 a choirmaster for the Cologne Cathedral in Germany asked a local candy maker to make sugar sticks with a bent end (to resemble shepherds’ crooks). He gave the candy to the choirboys to keep them from fidgeting during the long living nativity ceremony. Candy canes were originally flavored with peppermint, but now many flavors and colors are produced. Today about 1.76 billion candy canes are manufactured each year.