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   Steve's Place (steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co)'s status on Saturday, 20-Dec-2025 10:07:35 JST Steve's Place

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   @futurebird I like the red and white solid ones. The ones with green swirls are yuck, as are the equivalent rock candies, and you can quote me on that. I reluctantly got used to the taste b/c I have these relatives.

   If tree branches are weak or droopy, they won't stay put, but people put them on trees. A nuisance, if small kids or some animals are present.

   They get sticky when eaten, so they are messy in kids' hands. Kids love them, of course.

   I think they are supposed to represent a shepherd's staff. The whole "shepherds tending their flocks by night" part turned into delicious cavities and sticky doorknobs.

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     myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Saturday, 20-Dec-2025 10:07:36 JST myrmepropagandist

     Holiday Question:

     Does anyone *like* candy canes? Peppermint sticks?

     What makes a candy cane or peppermint stick "good?"

     I recently got a candy in a card that was more like a "U" than a "J" ... It was ... chewy. But not on purpose. Aren't they shaped that way so you can hang them on the tree?

     I know there are defenders of EVERY candy no matter how heinous so speak up!

     (If you don't have candy canes are there any strange winter candies where you live?)