Look at the Candy Cane
 What do you see?
 Stripes that are red
 Like the blood shed for me

 White is for my Savior
 Who's sinless and pure!
 "J" is for Jesus My Lord, that's for sure!

 Turn it around
 And a staff you will see
 Jesus my shepherd
 Was born for Me!
 Many years ago, a candy maker wanted to make a candy at Christmas
time that would serve as a witness to his Christian faith. He wanted
to incorporate several symbols for the birth, ministry and death of
Jesus. He began with a stick of pure white hard candy; white to
symbolize the Virgin Birth and the sinless nature of Jesus; hard to
symbolize the solid rock, the foundation of the Church; firmness to
represent the promise of God.

 The candymaker made the candy in the form of a "J" to represent
the name of Jesus, who came to earth as our Savior. He thought it
could also represent the staff of the Good Shepherd, with which he
reached down into the ditches of the world to lift out the fallen
lambs who, like all sheep, have gone astray.
 Thinking that the candy was somewhat plain, the candymaker
stained it with red stripes. He used three small stripes to show the
stripes of the scourging Jesus received, by which we are healed. The
large red stripe was for the blood shed by Christ on the cross so
that we could have the promise of eternal life. Unfortunately, the
candy became known as a candy cane - a meaningless decoration seen
at Christmas time. But the true meaning is still there for those who
have eyes to see and ears to hear