An Interesting Sport

On Saturday, January 6, 2019, there will be a Fruitcake Toss in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Somehow, this "sport" began so the not so popular fruitcake could be disposed. Even though the fruit cake has good things in it like nuts, raisins, candied fruit, and coconut, it is a heavy, rich, and sweet dessert.

Jokes about fruitcakes being re-gifted, year after year, may sound funny but it inspired some people to have a Fruitcake toss in 1995 to get rid of unwanted fruitcakes! The toss became an annual party and people showed up with their own fruitcakes and they could throw, hurl, catapult or cannon the cakes into the air. Different contests are held for individuals or teams.

I found it interesting that there are judges to inspect the cakes to make sure they are authentic
fruitcakes and the cakes are weighed to make sure they are two pounds or one pound cakes, depending on which contest will be entered. Score is kept for how far a cake flies horizontally or straight up in the air.  Having teams tossing a cake to see how many can be caught by team members is a popular game or the game where special targets are hit with a cake. It almost seems sinful to get rid of the Fruitcake is such a manner!

"Have a great time at 

Fruitcake Toss Day,

but don't forget to

keep your eyes on 

the sky above you."

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