What we do know is that in 1919, Bob McCormack started making candy canes in Georgia and eventually became one of the world's leading candy cane producers. Since manually shaping candy canes into their traditional 'J' shape was inefficient and labor-intensive, McCormack's brother-in-law, a Catholic priest named Gregory Keller, invented the Keller Machine to automate the process of shaping straight candy sticks into today's J-shaped candy canes.

我们明确知道的是，在1919年，美国乔治亚州的鲍勃•麦科马克开始制作拐杖糖，他所经营的公司最终成为全球最大的拐杖糖生产商之一。由于人工把拐杖糖打造成传统的J型费时费力，麦科马克的妹夫、天主教牧师格雷戈里•凯勒发明了凯勒机器，能够将直糖果棒自动变成弯曲的拐杖糖。

Why do we drink eggnog?

为什么圣诞喝蛋酒？

Most culinary historians agree that eggnog stems from a medieval British drink called "posset," a thick, boozy, ale-like concoction seasoned with whatever spices were on hand. As the milk, eggs and sherry used to make posset were foods of the rich, the drink was used in toasts to prosperity and good health.

大多数美食历史学家都认为蛋酒来自英国中世纪一种名为“牛奶甜酒”的饮品，这种甜酒味道醇厚，酒香浓郁，是一种类似于麦芽酒的调制饮品，可以按自己的需求添加多种调味料。用于制作牛奶甜酒的牛奶、鸡蛋和雪利酒在当时只有有钱人才买得起，因此牛奶甜酒用来祝愿人们富足健康。

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