Wanted: Fruitcake-Eating Contestants
November 18, 2009 (Santa Claus, Ind.) – It’s a little-known fact: Santa Claus loves fruitcake. In fact, when Mrs. Claus wants some time out of the kitchen, she places an order with a trusted friend: Grandma.
And so, the newly expanded five-weekend Santa Claus Christmas Celebration will include a fruitcake-eating contest with handmade Grandma’s Fruitcakes from Beatrice Bakery Co. of Beatrice, Nebraska.
“Our contests are based on Christmas traditions and designed to be fun. We got to thinking, what fun would it be to eat a crummy-tasting fruitcake? We managed to find a fruitcake that’s not only palatable—it’s delicious,” says Santa Claus Christmas Celebration spokesperson, Kevin Klosowski. “And the weekend before Christmas, Grandma herself will be on hand to cheer on the competitors.”
Other family-friendly Christmas Celebration contests include: Fastest Christmas Tree Decorating, Fastest Gift Wrapping, and Fastest Gingerbread House Building. Two additional contests will feature the most impressive efforts in Christmas Tree Decorating and Gingerbread House Building. More than $2,000 in prizes will be awarded throughout the Celebration.
For more information or to register for any of the contests, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with the following information: Name, Address, Age, Which contest(s) you wish you participate in, and which weekend(s) you wish to participate in. Must be 13 years or older to participate and 18 years or older to enter the Fruitcake Eating Contest.
America’s Christmas Hometown: Santa Claus, Indiana, will host this five-weekend Celebration of family fun on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Additional events include a traditional Pre-Christmas Dinner, Tree Lighting Ceremony, Christmas Karaoke, Santa’s Great Big LED Tree of Lights, Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire, Christmas Wood Carving Demonstrations, the 1.2-mile Santa Claus Land of Lights, Santa Claus Arts & Crafts and much more.
Special discount lodging packages are available throughout Spencer County. For more information or a schedule of Christmas events in Spencer County, visit www.LegendaryPlaces.org or call the Visitors Bureau at (888) 444-9252.
