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'The Story of the Candy Cane' · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  Music.
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  Merry Christmas. Good morning, everyone. It's our annual tradition,
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  but I don't want to take all the credit for the introduction today.
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  Because, as promised, I have a very special guest.
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  Someone who's taking the time out of the busy schedule to do a formal introduction
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  for the first time on our show.
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  So without further ado, the man himself, Santa Claus.
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  Merry Christmas to all of the Have Faith family.
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  Welcome to the annual Christmas tradition, The Story of the Candy Cane.
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  Here is your host, Angel Santana.
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  Have faith? Let it begin. Merry Christmas, everyone, and welcome to The Story of the Candy Cane.
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  We'd just like to wish all of you a season's greetings, a happy holidays, and a Merry Christmas.
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  And now, I ask that all of you make sure that you hold in your hands right at
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  this very moment a candy cane.
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  I hope all of you are prepared.
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  And now, without further ado, we continue with our half-faith,
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  let it begin tradition, the story of the candy cane.
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  The candy cane was first introduced in the late 1880s by a candy maker in Indiana.
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  He wanted to make a candy that would be a witness during the holiday season.
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  He began with a stick of pure white to show the virgin birth and the sinless nature of Jesus Christ.
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  The hardness of the candy was to represent Jesus as the solid rock,
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  the foundation of the church, and the firmness of the promise of God.
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  The white stripes on the candy cane represents the purity of Christ The small
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  red stripes symbolizes the scourging of Jesus before he was hung on the cross,
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  The large red stripes show the blood that Jesus shed for each of us on the cross,
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  The shape of the candy cane represents the shepherd's staff because Jesus is the Good Shepherd.
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  If you flip the candy cane around, hold it up, you will notice that the candy
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  cane is the letter J, which is the first letter of Jesus.
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  Have a Merry Christmas and always remember the reason for the season is.
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  Music.