Christmas without Chestnuts

About this episode

The episode discusses the significance of chestnuts during Christmas and the impact of a blight on chestnut trees.

Welcome back to Walkin' on the Wild Side. Happy Holidays from Gabrielle and I, and we are in the Holiday spirit! This episode, we talk about one of the most recognizable songs and nut (actually more like a fruit), the chestnut. Chestnuts and Christmas just seem to go together, but sadly, because of a blight, the once dominant and massive tree that produced delicious nuts for wildlife, people, and generations of Christmas around the world was eliminated from the forests...

People in this episode

Hosts: Gabrielle Bouknight, Marvin Bouknight

Topics covered

• chestnuts
• Christmas
• holiday traditions
• nature
• blight
• wildlife

Keywords

• chestnuts
• Christmas
• holiday spirit
• blight
• nature
• wildlife

Mentioned in this episode

Products: chestnut

Books & works: Christmas

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