Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for August 14, 2024

True, peppermint is for all times!

I just had a Halloween chocolate this evening.

I don’t have to look very far in the spice drawer to find “Best by Sept 2019”

Old people!

They are obviously on Reader’s Digest list of foods that never expire.

The manufactures of Candy Canes must be starting up to make canes for the upcoming Christmas season, in who knows how many tons.

Leftover? Sorry, I don’t understand the concept. ;-)

Have some while you watch one of those Hallmark Christmas in July and August movies.

before the halloween candy????

Peppermint sucks, or vice versa.

“Candy time”!!!!!

❤️ using them to stir hot chocolate.

I seem to be in a very small minority that never liked candy canes.

Panel 2…it appears it may be a cannabis cane.

And in a week or so stores will be putting up Christmas displays.

Wonder if that holds true for Easter candy….

’Tis true, Wiz. They taste good all the time.

that’s the spirit!

A common story of the origin of candy canes says that in 1670, in Cologne, Germany, the choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral, wishing to remedy the noise caused by children in his church during the Living Crèche tradition of Christmas Eve, asked a local candy maker for some “sugar sticks” for them. In order to justify the practice of giving candy to children during Mass, 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 used the white color of the converted sticks to teach children about the Christian belief in the sinless life of Jesus.8910 From Germany, candy canes spread to other parts of Europe, where they were handed out during plays reenacting the Nativity.911 The candy cane became associated with Christmas

Amen

Like the wizard, I too have candy canes left over from last Christmas that I eat occasionally. There are currently 10 left from a box of 12.

The taste of peppermint holds so many good memories.

Candy canes and Twinkies – practically indestructible

Ooh. Maybe I should have a piece of peppermint.

I’ve got few in my desk drawer.