Anyone who offers you a candy cane has ulterior motives. Best-case scenario: They’re just trying to get rid of candy canes lying around the house so that they don’t have to throw them away.

Somewhere in Lexington, a gingerbread house sits festooned with candy canes, lollipops and anything else Hansel and Gretel could ever want. Inside, there’s even a cauldron, bubbling away. But ...

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