The 17th Annual Fruitcake Toss, on 14 January, offers a full day of dessert-disposing competitions.

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But you can only be reminded of how awful fruitcake is once a year.

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He's also hunting down funding for his next script, "Fruitcake, " a Christmas movie for kids.

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And every holiday season has a traditional dish (fruitcake, anyone?) or beverage that sends us to the vomitorium.

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New wrapping paper is used every year but the fruitcake never changes.

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Pet cockatoos have often been passed on as a legacy from one family member to the next, like the proverbial holiday fruitcake, as they outlive multiple owners.

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That's something David Cameron, not known for his heroic approach to leadership, may also want to bear in mind as he contemplates how to respond to his "fruitcake" problem.

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When she asked me to donate to the station and come to the holiday party, I donated to the station, put on a festive tie, and brought a fruitcake to the holiday party.

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Using Victorian machinery means the flour produced has to be wholemeal (to make brown or white, for example, would involve sifting out the bran, a process beyond traditional watermill technology), which goes into such products as the home-baked bara brith, a Welsh fruitcake made with dried fruit soaked in tea.

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