Actor (in “Roman Holiday”, “Green Acres”, and many, MANY others) Eddie Albert was born as Edward Albert Heimberger on April 22, 1906 in Rock Island, Illinois. (Rock Island is close to Rockford, Illinois.) Mr. Albert said, “Gentlemen, I'm surprised at you. The American farmer didn't get where he is today by celebrating Christmas with phony trees and wax popcorn, plastic candy canes. Gentlemen, to the American farmer Christmas is real. He goes out with ax in hand, chops down his own tree, brings it back, garlands it with strings of popcorn from his own corn crib, makes cider from his own apple trees. And when Christmas carols ring out in the still of the night, he looks up to the sky and says, 'I'm proud to be an American farmer on Christmas.'” [Hmmm.]... Mr. Albert died on May 26, 2005 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California.
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