http://www.foolishtimes.net/guest-articles/fruitcake-eaters/ Laugh It Up! Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:20:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.foolishtimes.net/guest-articles/fruitcake-eaters/comment-page-1/#comment-1979 kathleen barlament Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:39:26 +0000 http://www.foolishtimes.net/guest-articles/fruitcake-eaters/#comment-1979 We have an Irish tradition. Started in about 1967. By an Irish Grandmother. She bought a fruitcake. No one ate it. One sister or brother took it home and soaked it in booze and signed the top of the container. Every Christmas since, they have passed the fruitcake from one sister/brother to the next with each one adding more booze and freezing it. Now we come to the next generation. In 2005 when they thought my mother wasn't going to live much longer, they decided it was time to unwrap it and have a taste. AND THEN THEY GAVE IT TO ME. I have been involved with a cousin in passing it back and forth between us. It has been in her freezer for three years. SHE gave it to me as a gift this year. It has now become a challenge to see the most ingenious way to gift the Damn Fruitcake as it is now called. We all have a great time with it and it is a lot of fun. Since this happened and she caught me off guard, next year is going to be a great year for Fruitcake. She is getting the old one, PLUS a new one to take care of! In addition, my child that came up with the idea of gifting her two of them, is going to get one to start! HA! Got them all! I plan on joining the society! This is the best society ever! We have an Irish tradition. Started in about 1967. By an Irish Grandmother. She bought a fruitcake. No one ate it. One sister or brother took it home and soaked it in booze and signed the top of the container. Every Christmas since, they have passed the fruitcake from one sister/brother to the next with each one adding more booze and freezing it. Now we come to the next generation. In 2005 when they thought my mother wasn’t going to live much longer, they decided it was time to unwrap it and have a taste. AND THEN THEY GAVE IT TO ME. I have been involved with a cousin in passing it back and forth between us. It has been in her freezer for three years. SHE gave it to me as a gift this year. It has now become a challenge to see the most ingenious way to gift the Damn Fruitcake as it is now called. We all have a great time with it and it is a lot of fun. Since this happened and she caught me off guard, next year is going to be a great year for Fruitcake. She is getting the old one, PLUS a new one to take care of! In addition, my child that came up with the idea of gifting her two of them, is going to get one to start! HA! Got them all! I plan on joining the society! This is the best society ever!

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