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That's Bill putting up decorations for the Holidays. He lives in my community of Bridgeville Delaware. I've volunteered to be on the newsletter committee which asked me for pictures of neighborhood decorations for the next issue. According to a 1999 copyrighted article by Suzetta Tucker "the development of the candy cane took a few hundred years. Before the invention of the modern pacifier, parents used to give their babies unflavored white sugar sticks to suck on. During the 1670's a German choirmaster had the sugar sticks bent into a shepherd's staff and passed out to children attending the Christmas services. This holiday custom spread throughout Europe and fancy canes, decorated with roses, were used as Christmas decorations in many homes. About 1900 the white candy cane received its traditional red stripes and peppermint flavoring. At the same time the legend of the candy cane came into being. According to this legend, a candy maker in Indiana designed the candy cane to tell the true story of Christmas - a story about a virgin giving birth to a shepherd who would give up His life for the sheep." Here more if you care to read.