About the only big pie/cake--->holiday things are pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving and Birthday Cake. Fruitcake is totally a Xmas thing its just had a bad rap in recent years so maybe it wouldn't count. The default Xmas pie is Pecan, but neither Fruitcake or pecan pie hold any really really major significance the way BBQ does to 4th of July or Turkey and Pumpkin Pie hold to Thanksgiving. The closest would probably be cookies, especially gingerbread, but shaped cookies covered in frosting and sprinkles plus eggnog or hot chocolate with a candy cane in it are generally what best qualify as things that would specifically tend to summon Christmas to mind. Everything else would tend to be family, ethnic, or region specific, especially the first one.
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This message last edited by Isaac on 04/12/2011 at 12:40:24 PM
I am confused. Do Americans not do cake at Christmas?
04/12/2011 10:59:04 AM
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chrimbo cake is the BEST!
04/12/2011 11:41:28 AM
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My family's Christmas is Second Thansgiving, but with bonus desserts. Mostly pie, cookies, and candy *NM*
04/12/2011 03:00:51 PM
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Or rather... Fifth Thanksgiving. Thanksgivings 2, 3, and 4 are all about Thanksgiving 1 leftovers. *NM*
04/12/2011 03:02:42 PM
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Cake?
04/12/2011 05:03:02 PM
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We don't have a sheet of icing?
04/12/2011 05:08:00 PM
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We have different icing. It is not typically a very dense, flat sheet of solid icing. Like fondant.
04/12/2011 07:46:41 PM
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No. (with other responses)
04/12/2011 05:03:51 PM
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its a fruit cake with a layer of marzipan and a layer of icing on top
04/12/2011 08:32:55 PM
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Plus with loads of brandy used to "feed" the cake over the month before you ice it.
04/12/2011 08:45:28 PM
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Christmas cake is horrid.
04/12/2011 07:25:59 PM
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There are other birds which it's "acceptable" to eat at Christmas, other than turkey.
05/12/2011 10:02:20 AM
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We do ham a lot Christmas
05/12/2011 01:01:03 PM
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Fruitcake, I guess. But we don't coat it with disgusting icing. And it's not really cake. *NM*
04/12/2011 10:12:21 PM
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I assume your Christmas cake is our Fruit Cake.
05/12/2011 01:25:07 AM
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Christmas Cake = yum yum ppig's bum. As are Fruit Mince Pies. And boiled pudding... and roast potato *NM*
07/12/2011 01:50:28 AM
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