candy cane fun

We love candy canes. Each year, at least once or twice, we watch a Christmas movie and John makes his famous peppermint milkshakes for everybody. If you visit, you can help yourself easily because it's like an elf threw up in our living room. We have the canes hanging on the tree, of course...and none of that fruit punch-strawberry-blue nonsense either! I tried once, back before Sam liked peppermint, and it bothered me to no end. We've converted him properly now, so the traditional red and white stripes are all you'll find hanging on OUR green branches! There is also the spearmint green discs, wrapped in cellophane and filling various bowls and jars. We have the mini candy canes too, and I was sure to teach my sons how you never bite them, because the point is to lick it until the end comes to a sharp, dagger-like point, rendering your cane both treat and weapon. Finally, there are the "Bob's Sweet Stripes" short canes. Chubby, unwrapped and often hard to find, this brand, (my kids agree with me-a Christmas miracle!), is our favorite. They will clean their entire room for one of these! It's the best candy cane, a little softer, a little sweeter and best of all, Sam says? It's shaped like a cigar so you can play-act "Winston Churchill". Caleb didn't want to be Winston, so he pushed his brother to instead pretend they were "gangsters". Sam's reply?

"Well, to Hitler?

Churchill probably WAS a gangster."