December 27·Every year

National Fruitcake Day

December 27th exists to defend a cake that needs defending. Fruitcake dates to ancient Rome and was the standard wedding cake in Britain until the 20th century. The joke that there is only one fruitcake in the world and it is passed from family to family was made by Johnny Carson in 1985. The Collin Street Bakery in Texas has shipped 2 million fruitcakes annually since 1896.