I look like an elderly gentleman's walking stick dressed in festive red and white, but if you leaned on me along a snowy path, I would shatter into sweet peppermint pieces. What Christmas treat am I?
A candy cane
A candy cane is shaped like a walking cane but is a brittle, sugary peppermint confection.
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