# Holiday "Foods" You Loath!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-foods-you-loath/381556>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 23, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-foods-you-loath/381556 "2006-11-23T16:11:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-foods-you-loath/381556/101 "2006-11-30T20:19:05Z")

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[QUOTE=Colophon]  
Right, and that would be and because…? :dubious:  
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That should say “that would be **bad** because…?”

Sigh… I even caught the typo before I submitted it. Unfortunately, I’d typed “abd” and mindlessly corrected it to “and”. :smack:

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**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-foods-you-loath/381556/102 "2006-12-01T00:33:00Z")

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I’d encourage the fruitcake-haters to check out alternatives, like the yummy looking ones at [www.vermontcountrystore.com](http://www.vermontcountrystore.com). Pricey, yes, but I suppose you could always make your own version of tipsy cake or similar.

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**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-foods-you-loath/381556/103 "2006-12-01T15:37:30Z")

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my sister and BIL have been married for 22 years.  
BIL and i have been exchanging the same fruitcake back and forth for 20 of those years.  
neither of us even remembers how it got started, but at this point, it’s now the principal of the thing:  
The Fruitcake Must Be Wrapped And Exchanged.  
and we _still_ doing it. all nicely wrapped and such, pretty bow, expensive paper - the whole enchilada. it’ll probably end up getting cut in half and end up in our caskets some day.  
you know, i have a very odd family… :eek:

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**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-foods-you-loath/381556/104 "2006-12-01T15:40:38Z")

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my sister and BIL have been married for 22 years.  
BIL and i have been exchanging the same fruitcake back and forth for 20 of those years.  
neither of us even remembers how it got started, but at this point, it’s now the principal of the thing:  
**The Fruitcake Must Be Wrapped And Exchanged.** \*\*  
all nicely wrapped and such, pretty bow, expensive paper - the whole enchilada.  
it’ll probably end up getting cut in half and end up in our caskets some day.  
you know, i have a very odd family… :eek:

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