The candy cane 🎅 The famous legendary stick is made of sugar, has a mint flavor and is white with red stripes. Legend has it that a candy maker created it to remind people of Jesus. This stick contains many meanings: The caramel (which the stick is made of) represents Jesus as the solid rock on which our lives are built. The "J" shape stands for Jesus or represents the shape of a shepherd's crook (Jesus is our shepherd). The white color represents purity and the absence of sin. The large red st

The candy canes of the forest: Candystick! They’re also called sugarstick, candy cane plant, allotropa virgata, and barber’s pole. This absolutely stunning deciduous plant has white and pinky-maroon coloured stripes with white leaves and pink-red flowers that turn black with age. Their flowers are loved by bumblebees which is how the plant is pollinated. Candystick is a myco-heterotroph, which means it obtains its energy and nutrients from fungus in the soil instead of through photosynthesis. It