The Deliciously Ridiculous History of Fruitcakes

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Let's be honest. If you live in the United States, you probably think fruitcake is ridiculous. It's like the MRE of Christmas, passed around from one family to the next. But what makes it so resilient? How, out of all the cakes in the world,did fruitcake become a thing -- and why does it remain with us today?

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.4	Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show, fellow ridiculous historians.
0:33.6	Thank you, as always so much for tuning in.
0:37.0	It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas,. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas,
0:39.4	and that's beginning to look a lot like our super producer, Max Williams.
0:44.2	Maxie holidays, Maxie holidays to you.
0:49.3	I am the Chris Kringle of this podcast, aren't I?
0:51.9	You kind of are.
0:52.8	You're a bit of a Kringle-esque figure.
0:55.2	I haven't got a little gray in the beard, so.
0:57.3	Okay.
0:57.9	Watch out, man.
0:58.8	You can see both our faces.
1:00.6	So folks, you may recognize the dulcet tones of none other than my brother in arms,
1:08.3	Noel Copenhagen Brown.
1:09.8	Oh, man, I just came from the land of Christmas where
1:12.7	they invented Christmas. The Danish, it is known, invented Christmas. It's like Legos and Christmas.
1:19.7	They love it there. It's so cool. I went to the oldest gay bar in the world, which if you can imagine,
1:26.2	was absolutely blown out with Christmas stuff.
1:29.4	It's this tiny little corner spot, and I'm forgetting the name now, but just look up
1:32.8	oldest gay bar in the world.
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