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Rewind: The First Christmas Tree (Ep 18)

Dec 23, 202120 min
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(This is our annual repeat of a seasonal favorite.) For more than 50 years, the country accepted without question that Wooster, Ohioimmigrant August Imgard was the first to decorate a Christmas tree in America. His charming story from 1847 was told and retold by newspapers from coast to coast every December. Then, a Wooster professor vowed to learn if he really was the first.www.ohiomysteries.com feedback@ohiomysteries.com www.patreon.com/ohiomysteries www.twitter.com/mysteriesohiowww.facebook.com/ohiomysteries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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