Author Topic: Let's start squashing those holiday rumors now...  (Read 148 times)

Offline Sandman

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Let's start squashing those holiday rumors now...
« on: November 25, 2002, 06:34:02 PM »
Candy canes were created to symbolize Jesus, their shape representing the letter "J" and their colors standing for the purity and blood of Christ.


http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/cndycane.htm
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Offline midnight Target

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« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2002, 07:08:12 PM »
Christmas was selected for its date in the winter because it corresponded to a pagan holiday and made it easier to sell Christianity to the heathen unwashed.....




no wait, thats true.!!