This is the incredible story of the war pilot who became a millionaire with the Christmas tree

If World War II veteran Si Spiegel had been told he would become a millionaire because of a Christmas tree, the American would probably have remained incredulous.

This is because the man keeps memories of his various achievements in war, but the most recognized around the world was his idea to create a synthetic fir that was lighter, cleaner and easier to maintain than natural pines.

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Who invented the artificial Christmas tree?

As published by Diario AS, the ingenious invention that changed everyone’s Christmas was born thanks to Spiegel, who observed a natural pine displayed in a shop window and thought about the difficulties of this type of plant in the home.

At that time, he also saw some synthetic ornamental shrubs which gave rise to the idea of ​​creating an artificial Christmas tree out of materials such as metal and plastic.

It was in this way that the American presented his project to the board of directors of the brush company where he worked, where he was given a small budget to start with little confidence.

As the story goes, the original prototypes of the artificial fir trees lacked similarities to the natural ones, nor were they visually aesthetic, but it was only a matter of time before Si Spiegel developed a final product.

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Success that continues

Despite the adversities and doubts surrounding the veteran’s invention, synthetic fir trees gradually gained popularity and became the reason for the veteran to be appointed director of the company.

Today, some 800,000 of these trees are sold daily and the company that was directed by Si Spiegel continues to reap the millionaire fruits of the idea that was born when he saw the window of an establishment.

(YO)

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