National Fruitcake Toss Day - How it Came to Be

Today’s featured holiday is, “Fruitcake Toss Day”.

Year’s ago comedian Johnny Carson, host of the “Tonight Show”
frequently quipped he believed there was only one fruitcake in the
world and people simply passed it around because nobody wanted
it.

A little research tells us that Carson’s take on fruitcakes wasn’t
totally right. There is more than one fruitcake in the world. He
was, however, right in asserting that nobody wanted one.

So, a little more research tells us the first Fruitcake Toss
occurred in Manitou Springs, Colorado in 1995. No one seems to have
stepped forward to take credit for this auspicious beginning.
Perhaps that individual didn’t want the giver of the tossed
fruitcake to know it was sacrificed to create the new
holiday.

So, if you’re the unlucky holder of a re-gifted fruitcake, gather
some friends (not including the giver) and enjoy the thrill of
tossing the fruitcake into the local land fill, burying it in the
backyard, or otherwise disposing of the thing.

Oh, by the way, tradition says if you don’t toss it on January 3,
you have to store it until next Christmas when you can pass it
along to someone else.

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