Believe it or not, a pair of twins (who I went to HS with in the early 1960s) have been mailing the SAME Collin Street Bakery fruitcake back & forth to each other since 1966, when DONNA bought the fruitcake & mailed it to DANNY (who was stationed with the 82D ABN Division, Ft Bragg, NC at that time).
Having forgotten WHO gave it to him, Danny mailed the fruitcake to his twin sister for Christmas 1966 & that started the “FAMILY TRADITION” that continues until today.
(It is “an inside joke” here is that ANYTHING DONE TWICE in Texas becomes an “Important TEXICAN Tradition”.)
I believe that 2020-21 is Donna’s turn to have “custody of The Family Fruitcake” until next December.
Yours, TMN78247
Ours was a very cheap, low quality fruitcake. After 29 years it’s still pretty soft in the package. I came very close to slicing it open when I was trying to open the packaging. We’ve packed it in Kevlar, concrete, welded inside a steel box, glued into a box of rocks and even inside a five gallon bucket of flour. It’s all in the package.
Fun tradition. We’re kind of running out of ideas.
This year, I wrapped the fruitcake in plastic bags and put it into a cheap ammo box. I then filled the box with almost a full case of crystal clear caulk. (I work for a caulk and sealant manufacturer so I get it for free)