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| | Candy-cane Lore (Krause) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | But each candy meant something: There were always gum-drop bells in the stocking to represent the songs the angels sang to the shepherds about Christ’s birth, and chocolate coins for the bundles of gold coins Bishop Nicholas left for the poor family with three daughters. |
 | | Finally, the big candy cane slipped over the cuff of the stocking was a symbol of the staff that Bishop Nicholas carried: every bishop carries one just like it, too, because the bishops are responsible for watching over the Lord’s flock. |
 | | Thinking that his candy creation was very plain, for all it symbolized, the candy maker added a thick red stripe to it, for the Blood that He shed on the Cross, along with three thin stripes, for the scourging and humiliation He suffered on our behalf. |
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