National Fruitcake Toss Day
National Fruitcake Toss Day:
Celebrated annually on every January 3rd, the National Fruitcake Toss Day gives you the perfect opportunity to toss away your old Fruitcakes and make space for the fresh things! With the holiday over, gather up all your leftover fruitcakes and toss them as far and as many as you can!
| Year | Date | Day | Where |
| 2021 | 3rd January | Sunday | United States |
| 2022 | 3rd January | Monday | United States |
| 2023 | 3rd January | Tuesday | United States |
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Related: Other National Days Celebrated on January 3rd:
National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
Why Fruitcake Toss Day?
Fruitcakes have existed since ancient times. From being the best travel and crusade food, the Fruitcake has evolved with time, geography, and culture. The traditional technique involved soaking the dry fruits in alcohol to preserve them for a longer time. With the invention of sugar in the 16th century, and its ability to preserve fruits paved the way for the economic preservation of fruits. Thus much-candied fruit was produced leading to making the fruitcakes that everyone loved and could afford.
However, this heavy and rather sweet dessert was not loved by everyone and eventually was treated as a joke. But yet Fruitcake continues to be the holiday treat popularly exchanged among the people. With so many Fruitcakes that filled their homes, it is natural for people to dislike it. What would they do now?
Well, a rather weird tournament sprang to life! A Fruitcake Tossing tournament was held for the first time in 1995 at Manitou Springs. The competition involves the teams to throw Fruitcakes with any of their innovative devices! Various games also were held to commemorate the Fruitcake tossing tournament. All the games are designed to have fun without hurting the participants. Participants are allowed to come up with their tossing mechanism to throw the fruitcakes farthest. Whichever team throws the farthest and catches their tossed fruitcakes successfully are declared winners of this game! The fruitcakes are also checked priorly before being interrupted.
With a fun option to get rid of the sweet and filling or unwanted Fruitcakes, who would want to choose otherwise? Since then, every year this time, people gather their leftovers, unwanted Fruitcakes and toss them away at each other or away! The Fruitcake Tossing Day calls to say goodbye to your Fruitcakes in style and celebration!
How Can We Observe National Fruitcake Toss Day?
- Gather the Fruitcakes!
It’s time to gather all the leftover fruitcakes from the holidays! Encourage friends and family to not simply throw their leftover Fruitcakes away!
- Participate in the Fruitcake Tossing Tournament!
Prepare your team to participate in this year’s Fruitcake Tossing Tournament! Check out the various games that it will comprise and toss away your fruitcakes with some sportsman spirit.
- Throw a home party to Toss your fruitcakes!
If you are too busy to participate in the Fruitcake Tossing event, organize a home party to toss the fruitcakes with friends and family today! Give away exciting prizes to the best tosser!
- Donate your old Fruitcakes that need to be Tossed away!
If you are not the person who likes participating in the Fruitcake Tossing tradition, you can still celebrate the day by donating your old or unwanted fruitcakes to add some merriment before being tossed away!
- Toss away fruitcakes to raise money!
Celebrate the National Fruitcake Toss Day by participating in the Fruitcake Tossing Competition to raise funds for a cause.
- Share your Fruitcake tossing celebrations on social media
Click pictures, write your fruitcake tossing story, or just share a few fruitcake tossing day insights about your favorite social media! While you are at it, use #NationalFruitcakeTossingDay and #FruitcakeTossingDay
Interesting Facts About National Fruitcake Toss Day:
Here are some fun facts surrounding fruitcakes this National Fruitcake Toss Day!
- Fruitcake went by another name in England – the Plum cake!
- During the early 18th century, fruitcake was banned in Europe as it was a sinfully rich dessert!
- As a custom of wedding ceremonies in England, the Bachelors and Spinsters at the wedding would have to sleep with a slice of dark fruit cake underneath their pillows to enable them to dream of their future spouses
- In 2016, Soldiers deployed in Iraq received about 2,952 pounds of Fruitcake via mail!
- With the right preservatives and airtight storage, a Fruitcake can be eaten even until it’s 25 years old!
History of National Fruitcake Toss Day:
The event of tossing Fruitcake Toss Day has been observed since 3rd January 1966. However, the founder and origin of National Fruitcake Toss Day must have gotten lost in the joy of tossing the Fruitcakes far away! This day is celebrated as a fun food holiday in the US.
