During the Christmas season, the candy cane industry sees an enormous spike ... appeared in the United States when August Imgard, a German-Swedish immigrant, decorated a Christmas tree in Wooster ...

The German tradition apparently made its way to ... The earliest known documentation of a "candy cane" was in the short story "Tom Luther's Stockings," published in Ballou's Monthly Magazine ...

In 1847, German-Swedish immigrant August Imgard brought ... 49% of Americans still say that peppermint is their favorite candy cane flavor, followed by cherry (18%) and blueberry (13%).