11. COOKIES AND MILK FOR SANTA
Dates back to ancient Norse mythology, but Americans started it during the Great Depression.
12. CANDY CANES
Whether eaten or hung from the tree. Candy canes are the #1 non-chocolate candy seller during December. The white and red candy arrived in the U.S. in 1847 from a German-Swedish immigrant in Wooster, Ohio. By the 1950s, the automated candy cane making machines had been developed and it really took off.
13. BOOZY EGG NOG
This yuletide cocktail stems from posset, a drink made of hot curdled milk and ale or wine in Medieval Europe. Even George Washington had a special recipe.
14. DOOR WREATHS
Have been around since ancient Greek and Roman times but took on a Christian meaning, but mostly seen as a secular winter tradition.
15. CHRISTMAS CARDS
The first Christmas card was in England in 1843. The idea of a mailed winter holiday greeting caught on with the Kansas City-based Hall Brothers (now Hallmark) in 1915. According to the Greeting Card Association, today, more than1.6 billion of them are sold. That's a lot of stamps.
--Cooter
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