sylvar, flickr Best Ways To Enjoy Fruitcake – Our Top 11
Christmas is sooooo close! It's a time for loving, giving, sharing, laughing...and taking a few pokes at the holiday's unofficial whipping boy - the fruitcake. Yes, the fruitcake! I refer to it adoringly as "Grandma's Revenge." Despite a failed congressional effort to outlaw this abomination of a dessert, the fruitcake remains alive and well in 2011. Rumor has it, there's really only one, and that it just keeps getting passed around. We can't say for sure. Fruitcakes actually date back to Roman times. Our early colonists, however, are credited with the version closest to the one we know and love today. They discovered that lots of sugar with a little help from (liquid) spirits, could preserve their fruit very nicely. Thus, the scourge of Christmas was born. Just in case someone decides to bestow one upon you this holiday season, we've come up with a few ways to put it to good use.
ct Weebles Have Returned! [VIDEO]
Neato! I caught a glimpse of the toy aisles recently on my way to the hardware section, and...uh, okay, who am I kidding? I was looking at toys recently and I was stunned to see a toy that had played a memorable part in my own youth, and one that I had thought had all but disappeared.
Josh The Intern’s Top Christmas Present Reactions Caught On Video [VIDEO]
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Best Christmas Present Ever?
There is a lesson to be learned here. Before presenting a gift to a child, you should double
Why Buy Christmas Presents When You Can Rent?
This idea is either genius in a way that I'm incapable of understanding, or the first step toward future therapy sessions. Either way I guess you have to admire the entrepreneurial spirit involved. In these trying economic times, it could soon become fashionable to rent the kid his or her Christmas toys.
Harrods, Getty Images Casper Rec Presents A Chance To Skate, Swim, And Play With Santa
Ho Ho Ho! Tis' the season, and Casper Recreation is giving your child a chance to break the ice with Santa Claus. He or she can also play a little basketball, slam some air hockey pucks, swim, or ride the water slides with the jolly red elf, himself.
2011 Holiday Square Leaves Casper With Holiday Spirit [PHOTOS]
The holiday spirit was in the air when the 2011 Holiday Square bore witness to it's traditional tree lighting ceremony.
Cindy Shebley, Flickr Christmas Is America’s Favorite Holiday [SURVEY]
According to a new Harris Poll, we are about the embark on the season of America’s most cherished holidays.
BuzzFeed 2011 Santa Claus School Graduates Are Ready for the Holidays [PHOTO]
Now that Halloween is over, Santa School is officially in session.
Rick Diamond, Getty Images Faith Hill to Join Justin Bieber, Michael Buble + More for ‘Christmas in Rockefeller Center’
Fresh off her first CMA performance in five years, Faith Hill is getting into the holiday spirit preparing for a TV performance on NBC’s ‘Christmas in Rockefeller Center.’ Hill, who debuted her single ‘Come Home‘ at the 2011 CMA Awards, will join Justin Bieber, Michael Bublé, Carole King, Tony Bennett, Cee Lo Green, Katharine McPhee and ‘The Voice’ winner Javier Colon for the performance, which will air Nov. 30.
