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Confession: I don’t like candy canes. I know, that’s weird and I should be banned from the entire holiday season. Hear me out: I just detest the peppermint ones. I do like the fruity flavored ones, which I guess are candy cane imposters…which makes me a Christmas traitor. Mean Girls elevated candy canes to shady status with the whole “Glenn Coco” thing. I, admittedly, am Gretchen Weiners. No candy canes for me, all for Glenn Coco! YOU GO GLENN COCO!
Candy canes were actually popular, believe it or not, before Damien dressed up as Santa Clause and pissed off Gretchen Weiners. Folklore has it that in 1697, a choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral in Germany asked a nearby candy-maker to make some “sugar sticks” for the noisy children at his service, as a way to quiet them. The choirmaster justified this by suggesting that the crook on top of the candy cane was meant to teach the children about the Three Wise Men who visited the baby Jesus. Ever since, candy canes have been more than just a yummy food that we sometimes use as ornaments; they are associated with the Nativity.
Though it isn’t exactly clear when candy canes began to stray from their original color scheme of red and white, many people enjoy them just the same. Just think: if you have a pink Instagram aesthetic, a pink candy cane is sure to make your feed that much better and holiday-themed.
So grab whatever colored candy cane you like and laugh at this galley of candy cane memes for National Candy Cane Day.
