In 1670 in Cologne, Germany, the choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral, wishing to remedy the noise caused by children in his church during long church service at Christmas Eve, asked a local candy maker for some "sugar sticks" for them. He asked the candy maker to add a crook to the top of each stick, which would help children remember the shepherds who visited the infant Jesus. In addition, he asked to use white colour for sticks to teach children about the Christian belief in the sinless life of Jesus and red colour as his blood he bled for people. From Germany, candy canes spread to other parts of Europe, and green colour bagan to be added as colour of fir evergreen tree. Candycanes they were given children after plays reenacting the Nativity.
So this is a legend how the candy cane became associated with Christmastide)))
