Heritage and happenings - National Candy Day

Did you know that four days after Halloween is National Candy Day? That’s right! On Nov. 4 we celebrate yet another candy indulgent holiday with National Candy Day.

Candy has a long history, going back as far as the late 13th century. The word candy was borrowed from the Old French ‘cucre candi,’ which in turn came from Persian ‘Qand and Qandi,’ cane sugar. Sugar was not always available in abundan…