Cracked Egg Trivia

1. Candy canes date way back and have an interesting timeline. In fact the first candy cane was made around 350 years ago although you probably wouldn't recognize it. The first candy canes looked very different from modern day ones. Originally they were straight and missing those classic stripes, the first ones were all white. It wasn't until 1874 however that candy canes were first mentioned in relation to Christmas in a magazine called the  Nursery Monthly . Further down the timeline in 1882 a magazine called  Babyland  was the first one to mention them being hung on Christmas  trees. It took even longer for the candy canes to get their stripes, that didn't happen until around 1900. In 1921 the process of making candy cane was finally automated when Brasher O. Westerfield invented a machine to make them. Before that people had to make the classic treats by hand. 2.   Upside down Christmas trees are in style. In recent years Christmas trees hanging upside down from the cei

1. For a little over thirty years President's have been saving turkey's lives. Starting in the 1870's people started sending US President's turkeys for Thanksgiving. President Coolidge tried to discourage the practice in 1923 since the number of turkeys being sent was skyrocketing. The tradition resumed soon however, and he even started receiving other kinds of animals such as ducks, rabbits, and deer. One time he even got a raccoon which he kept as a family pet. Although some turkeys may have been pardoned before President George H.W. Bush he was the first to officially pardon one, starting a new tradition. He stated that the turkey looked "understandably nervous" before assuring everyone that this turkey wouldn't end up on anyone's table and that he was "... granted a presidential pardon as of right now." 2. If you love cranberry sauce, you're not alone. Not everyone appreciates it, but I know I do. It's actually one of my favorite