Authors Note: A series of drabbles done for the Paint it Red Christmas challenge for the 12 days of Christmas. I could post one a day for 12 days, but I know me. I'll forget halfway through that I've got them all done. So, I'm posting all 12 at once.

Candy Cane

Teresa carefully pried the delicate candy hooks from their claw like box. She loved the look of real candy canes on her Christmas tree every year, but hatted that half the time the hooks broke before she had even had a chance to hang them on the tree. She took great pleasure in choosing exotic flavors of the candy each year. Knowing that before New Year's they would all be gone. She had discovered some favorites over the years, but she still got joy out of the simple red and white stripe that reminded her so much of her childhood.