National Fruitcake Toss Day - How it Came to Be

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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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