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August Imgard was a German immigrant who has been recognized as the first person to decorate a Christmas tree with candy canes.

Biography

In 1847, Imgard cut a blue spruce tree from a woods outside town, had the Wooster, Ohio village tinsmith construct a star, and placed the tree in his house, decorating it with paper ornaments and candy canes.[1][2] The National Confectioners Association officially recognises Imgard as the first ever to put candy canes on a Christmas tree; the canes were all-white, with no red stripes.[3] Imgard is buried in the Wooster Cemetery, and every year, a large pine tree above his grave is lit with Christmas lights.

References

  1. ^ "Candy Canes and Silver Lanes: The Invention of a Holiday Favorite". Inventhelp. December 2005. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  2. ^ "They're Still Cheering Man Who Gave America Christmas Tree". Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. 24 December 1938. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Candy canes - origins & trivia". thehistoryofchristmas.com. 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
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