Legends of the Candy Cane

[Zidane's True Love]

I quote:

- The Candy Cane is in the shape of a shepherds staff. Jesus is our Shepherd, and we are His flock. John 10:11

- Turned over, the candy can is a "J," the first letter of Jesus' name. Luke 1:3

- The wide red stripes on the candy cane represents the blood Jesus shed on the cross for each one of us so that we can have eternal life through him. Luke 22:20

- The white stripes on the candy cane represent Jesus' virgin birth and His pure, sinless life. I Peter 2:22

- The narrow red stripes on candy canes symbolize Jesus stripes, or scars, which he got when he was arrested and whipped. The Bible says we are healed of sin because he took those wounds. Isalah 53:5

- When we break our candy cane, it reminds us that Jesus' body was broken for us. I Corinthians 11:24

- If we share our candy cane and give some to someone else because we love that person, we are sharing the love of Jesus I John 4:7,8


And what could an M&M possibly represent? Something to think about during this holiday season if...

[Akiross]

It represents another chance of winning 100 million yen. :D

http://www.mms.com/us/gcv/announce/images/celeb_popup2.jpg

[funk]

Thats pretty interesting, but.....

What does it mean when you suck on one end for so long it becomes a spear that could probably do some serious damage?? lolo_O :P

[ArrowCat]

Wow, I never took candy canes that seriously...

If they have that much to do with religion, will the government need to ban them, too? Gah!! What will happen to the spirit of Christmas??

...Oh yeah. Christmas itself IS a religious holiday. Heh...

But those facts are still really interesting...I never knew that a candycane was anything other than minty.

And as for M&Ms...if they have some weird connection to Christmas other than the weird red and green holiday packages, I'm not completely sure I want to know what it is.o_O

[CowgirlWolf]

But those facts are still really interesting...I never knew that a candycane was anything other than minty.

Arrow, I'm with you on this one. I thought Candy Canes where a spiffy holiday treat, now that they have meaning...that's cool.I just started liking candy canes

what dose it mean when you fall asleep with one in your mouth and your pillow gets covered with pink drool?:P

[Bliss]

I never knew that they had religious meaning too... until one Sunday about two years ago that our fellowship leaders told us that. They've turned the sufferings of Jesus into some kind of candy? :s

Anyways, I still like candy canes. :)

[Vivi_Stalker]

what dose it mean when you fall asleep with one in your mouth and your pillow gets covered with pink drool?

.... :s Lovely. That just made me crack up though... :P

Hmm..I never knew candy could be so deeply rooted in history. o_O

Oh yes, and M&M's were created to combat the ever-present threat of Skittles!