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history of the candy cane continued |
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| Oh, Tannenbaum |
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| Around 1847, August Imgard of Ohio decorated his Christmas tree with candy canes to entertain his nephews & nieces. Many who saw his canes went home to boil sugar and experiment with canes of their own. |
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| Here Come the Stripes |
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| In the 1920s, Bob McCormack began making striped candy canes as Christmas treats for his family, friends, and local businesses in Albany, Georgia. It was a laborious process - kneading, pulling, twisting, cutting, and bending the candy by hand - which could only be done on a small, local scale. |
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| The Henry Ford of the Candy Cane |
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| In the 1950s, Bob's brother-in-law, Gregory Keller, a Catholic priest, invented a machine to automate candy cane production. Packaging innovations by the McCormacks made it possible to transport the delicate canes on a large scale. |
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| Happy Holidays from Johansen & Associates |
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| All of us at J&A wish all of you a joyous holiday season. |
| See you next year! |
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