And I knew that the candy cane represented Jesus Christ.
I just didn't know how much it represented Jesus Christ,
because it does actually in a multitude of different ways.
Now, the one that I knew ever since I was a kid
is that the red and the white represent the stripes of Jesus.
So by his stripes, we are healed.
They represent the blood of Jesus Christ that died,
that he shed to pay for our sins.
Because when I was a kid, I would get my hair cut at a barbershop,
and outside the barbershop, they had the red and the white
that would just kind of like go down the pole and everything.
And I remember as a kid, you know, just kind of asking what this was,
you know, my dad told me and the other people there, you know,
so it's commonly known that the red and white,
this represents the blood of Jesus Christ,
you know, the stripes of Jesus Christ that died for our sins.
Now, that's obviously a good thing.
What I didn't think about was, you know, my wife told me that,
you know, it's shaped like a J standing for Jesus.
And I'm like, that's a good point, right?
I never thought about the fact that it's shaped like a J,
but it also represents the staff of a shepherd.
And the Bible says that Jesus is the chief shepherd.
And of course, with shepherds, you think of having a staff,
and a candy cane is shaped just like that.
So there's a lot of great symbolism with the candy cane.
I'm not a big fan of the taste of it, but the symbolism is great.
There's a lot of great symbolism to the candy cane.
There's a reason why it's actually shaped that way.
It is a specific meaning that was brought in by Christians.