The stories behind simple Christmas symbols are anything but. Consider the candy cane. Its red and white stripes might signify the sacrifice and purity of Jesus, or they're a 19th-century candy ...

They got a break.’” Some holiday symbols have simple explanations, like candy canes, which were invented in Germany around 1670 to occupy children during the church Christmas services.

A Nebraska elementary school principal has been placed on leave after a conservative Christian group threatened legal action over her ban on Christmas and holiday symbols in her school.