Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Some Fun Facts About Candy Canes

Some fun facts about the Candy Cane. Did you know that it origintated from Germany.

For 200 years tge Candy Cane came only in one color-white.

National Candy Cane day is celebrated December 26th in the United States.

The Worlds Largest Candy Cane was created by Paul Ghinelli and measured 58 feet 2 1/4 inches.

Each year 1.76 billion candy canes are made-enough to stretch from Santa Claus. In North Pole, AK and back again 32 times.

Heres more about the Candy Cane.

http://www.candyusa.org/Candy/candycanes.asp

2 comments:

M said...

I teach my Sunday school class that the candy cane is shaped like a "J" for Jesus or, if you turn it around, like a shephard's crook or Bishop's staff.

Amy,Chuck,SabrinaKitty said...

I remember learning that to when I was in religon class. Thats a great thing to teach them. :)