<MaidnJynx@aol.com> wrote:
> Or because they thought you needed fresh breath when
> speaking ov the Jesus thing?
Brilliant! If you don't have good ideas, you at least better
have good breath!
Re: alternate explainations for the candy cane:
The reason I posted the original was that this was clearly a good
meme -- somebody somewhere came up with this ad-hoc explaination,
and it's propagated wildely since then. If Walberg's book is to
be believed,
"... around 1670, the choirmaster of Cologne Cathedral in
Cologne, Germany bent the sticks into canes to represent a
shepherd's staff. He then used them to keep the attention of
small children during long services. The use of the candy during
Christmas services spread throughout Europe. The candy cane
arrived in the United States in the mid-1800s when a German
immigrant in Wooster, Ohio decorated his spruce tree with white
sugar canes and paper ornaments. The red strip was added at the
turn of the century when wintergreen and peppermint were added.
Some say that a candy maker in Indiana developed the candy cane
as a witness of Christ's love."
http://www.thehollandsentinel.net/stories/121997/rel_cane.html
(note that the sticks mentioned above were white sugar sticks,
being used as pacifiers for babies)
> Anyway, despite my overwhelming sarcasm, I still would
>like to know how they overlooked that when they set off to
>explain the origin ov the "candy cane"
Simple -- somebody probably thought that up, but THIS christian
version out memed it!
> Just wondering, how many people have sucked the end ov
>a candy cane into a super needle sharp point and poked
>someone with it just for fun?? or is it just me?
No, I remember doing that too! (... for I come not to bring
peace but a sword!)
ERiC