(LOOTPRESS) – Get ready to throw those fruitcakes as far as you can, it’s National Fruitcake Toss Day!
According to the National Day Calendar, National Fruitcake Toss Day is being held today, Saturday, January 27.
This fun day challenges us to chuck the fruitcake as far as we can.
Many people receive fruitcakes as gifts sometime during the holiday season.
Some people eat this holiday bread while others may re-gift them.
There are those who sneakily throw them away and others who will do so openly.
HOW TO OBSERVE FRUITCAKE TOSS DAY
Here’s how to celebrate, according to National Day Calendar:
Host a fruitcake tossing competition.
Invite family members to join you outside with their respective fruitcakes (the ones made with flour, fruit, and nuts) and take turns chucking them as far as they can.
Make hot chocolate and prizes. Share your celebration using #FruitcakeTossDay to post on social media.
The first Great Fruitcake Toss was held in Manitou Springs, Colorado on January 3, 1996.
Each year the entrants compete to see who can hurl or toss their fruitcakes the farthest.