Holidays change over time as they are adapted to their current culture. Some of them end up being nothing like what they originally were. What forgotten holiday truths do you know??
Candycanes were supposedly modeled after a shepherd's crook, not a cane, as a reference to the biblical story of the shepherds who visited Jesus when he was born. I've also heard from a more religious friend that they're meant to be a "J" for Jesus.
