10:
"One day a one-armed golfer was reading a phonebook, and was like yo, I need a cane so he went to K-mart, and bought lipstick for his cane that he also bought. He painted it and went on to be the back-up singer for Mystikal."
Omar A.

9:
"The Kumpas attempted to kill Willy Wonka, but the canes they made were too small and Willy Wonka had cut wages so they could only afford to make red & white."
Whitney W.

8:
"The Egyptians wanted an edible tool for removing the brains of mummified corpses."
Isaac Marc

7:
"The first candy canes were used in the warmer climates because they gave off a "wintry" scent. Families needed a cane shape so they could hang them in every room to remind them it was winter. Red symbolizes the heat from the current climate; white symbolizes the wintry sense the families strived for during Christmas time."
Pammi Bhullar

6:
"Santa sat on the straight one, bent it and got blood on it. Apparently, he had a hemmorage of the tush."
Laura M.

5:
"The red symbolized the heart of Christmas and its white color symbolized the spirit, the cane shape is obviously because father Christmas is old and needs assistance walking and a cane is his favorite accessory."
Linda Miller

4:
"Red stands for Love,
White for Friendship.
It's when these two symbols come together that they can support you when you find it is hard to walk through life, just like a cane."
Eric Burnett

3:
"In August 1972, when all of the red and white swirled mints from restaurant's melted together, they didn't want to just throw them away. They were shaped as canes because the Elves were really short and needed help working in Santa's workshop."
Aaron Marks

2:
"They ran out of black and gold dye and it is in the shape of a cane because they were trying to make a "P" for "Pitt" but got distracted by the "Oakland Zoo" at the Pitt basketball game."
Henry S

1:
"It was named after the umbilical cord of a tiny little snowman."
Christie Bonk

THE TRUE STORY ANSWER BEHIND THE ORIGINS OF THE CANDY CANE!

There was this elderly man who owned a candy factory and loved his grandchildren so dearly that he wanted them to know about his love for the Lord Jesus Christ. Since they were children, he had to think of a way to present the Gospel to them. What better way than create candy in the shape of a cane he thought to himself. Later he decided to put red & white stripes on it with 3 tiny little stripes going through it. Now when his grandchildren came for candy, he had a way to also present the Gospel. He would tell them the shape of the candy was in the shape of a cane to represent the letter “J” to stand for Jesus and when it is turned upside down to represent a Shepherd’s staff to take care of us His sheep for Jesus is the Good Shepherd. The red stripes on the candy represent the wounded stripes of Jesus when he was bruised and beaten to rescue us and the blood that Jesus shed on the cross at Calvary to wipe away all our sins while the white stripes represent the purity of Christ cleansing us of our sins when we are covered with the cleansing blood of Jesus. The 3 tiny stripes represent the Trinity: God, the Father; God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. With just a candy cane the Gospel was presented to the children at Christmas time celebrating the birth of Jesus. Every time they ate a candy cane they could be reminded of what they mean to Jesus and how much he loves them. Amen!

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