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Buffalo Fruitcake Amnesty Plan

Take that fruitcake and mail it. To BuffaloBUFFALO, N.Y. — Competitive eaters will sink their teeth into the nation’s unwanted fruitcakes in a contest that blurs the line between public service and public spectacle. Buffalo and the International Federation of Competitive Eating yesterday announced their two-part answer to the question of what to do with the persistent holiday fare: Round them up and eat them. [the Star Ledger]

The best part of this article is where contest organizers predict ‘the eaters will stomach 7-plus pounds or more each’ of fruitcake. Overall, the contest is expecting 100,000 unwanted fruitcakes to make their way to Buffalo, NY.