The history of candy canes and how the holiday treat turned into a billion-dollar industry

During the Christmas season, the candy cane industry sees an enormous spike in sales. In 2023, confectionery sales during the holiday season reached close to $7 billion, Carly Schildhaus, director of public affairs and communications at the National Confectioners Association , told FOX Business in an email, with this number expected to rise up to 3% in 2024.

25-30M CHRISTMAS TREES ARE CUT DOWN ANNUALLY, DISPLAYED IN HOMES, BUSINESSES ACROSS THE US "In honor of the shepherds featured in the story, he bent the candies into small shepherds’ crooks," the website notes. Candy canes first appeared in the United States when August Imgard, a German-Swedish immigrant, decorated a Christmas tree in Wooster, Ohio, with paper ornaments and candy canes in 1847, sparking the tradition around the rest of the country, according to the site.

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