Happy ‘National Candy Cane Day’!

Posted 9:25 am, December 26, 2014, by and
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Did you know December 26th is ‘National Candy Cane Day’?

The typically striped and peppermint favored sweet treat is a mainstay during the holidays.

According to candycanefacts.com, candy canes were introduced to the Americas in 1847.

The website says a German immigrant from Wooster, Ohio decorated his Christmas tree with them.

The original candy cane was straight and all white.

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