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Happy holidays! Did you know the tradition of roasting chestnuts nearly ended with the extinction of the American Chestnut tree?

Happy holidays! Did you know the tradition of roasting chestnuts nearly ended with the extinction of the American Chestnut tree?

Presently the American Chestnut tree is near extinction because of a fungus introduced from China or Japan around the turn of the century. The fungus, which became an epidemic lasting over 100 years, is a visible orange cluster that literally…