Here are some sweet holiday fun facts to share with your family and friends during this festive time!
Candy Canes!
1.) Candy canes began as straight white sticks of sugar candy used to decorated the Christmas trees.
1.) Candy canes began as straight white sticks of sugar candy used to decorated the Christmas trees.
2.) A choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral decided have the ends bent
to depict a shepherd's crook and he would pass them out to the children to keep
them quiet during the services.It wasn't until about the 20th century that candy canes
acquired their red stripes. 3.) During the Christmas/Hanukkah season, more than 1.76 billion
candy canes will be made.
Holiday traditions!
1.) One of the pleasures of Christmas morning for many children involves rooting through their stockings, digging for Christmas candy. According to legend, the earliest stocking stuffers included miniature bags filled with gold. Later stockings contained five gifts---one to please each of the five senses. Fruit, nuts and, of course, Christmas candies, were intended to please the sense of taste.
1.) One of the pleasures of Christmas morning for many children involves rooting through their stockings, digging for Christmas candy. According to legend, the earliest stocking stuffers included miniature bags filled with gold. Later stockings contained five gifts---one to please each of the five senses. Fruit, nuts and, of course, Christmas candies, were intended to please the sense of taste.
2.) Ribbon candy is a traditional Christmas candy
that goes back for centuries in Europe, though it is unclear exactly where the
candy was first created.
3.) The people of
Netherlands, who celebrate the holiday on December 6th, await the
arrival of SinterKlaas and his sidekick- Black Pete, who come by way of steamer
to leave candy and nuts for good little boys and girls who have filled their
shoes with hay and sugar for his horses.
4.) In Germany, Dec. 6 is
Nikolaustag, St. Claus day. On the eve of that day children leave out a shoe or
boot outside their door and the next morning candies and/or small toys appear
in them for those who have been good or else golden birch is placed next to the
sweets if they were bad.
5.) In Canada, people eat Christmas candies known as Barley Candy
and Chicken Bones. Barley candy comes on a stick and is shaped like popular
Christmas icons, including Santa Claus and reindeer. Chicken bones are made
from a pink, cinnamon-flavored candy wrapped around milk chocolate.
6.) In Mexico, Christmas is celebrated by bursting a piñata filled with
special Christmas candies. Knäck is a traditional toffee-like Swedish candy
that is usually made at home.
From all of us at SugarPop's, we hope you have a happy, safe, and sweet holiday!
-SugarPop's
248 North Main St.
Mooresville, NC 28115
(704) 799-0959
Mooresville, NC 28115
(704) 799-0959
