Today's fruitcake toss will see who can lob their Christmas cake the farthest.
Every year, the small town of Manitou Springs, Colorado celebrates their Annual Fruitcake Toss.
Participants must provide their own fruitcake, however, a limited number of rental fruitcakes are available for $1. The fruitcake must be real and made from edible ingredients. The fruitcakes will not be taste tested, however they will be inspected by the official Fruitcake Toss Tech Inspectors.
The Fruitcake Toss: individuals throws a one 1 lb fruitcake. The person who tosses their fruitcake the farthest is the winner. There is also a 2 lb fruitcake competition for those who seek more of a challenge.
The Fruitcake Launch: teams use a mechanical device to launch a fruitcake.
The Pneumatic Guns or Cannon Launch: individual competitors use an approved pneumatic spud gun to shoot their fruitcake.
Winners in all the above competitions are determined by the distance their fruitcakes are tossed, launched and shot.
There are two more competitions, including one where individuals must catch a fruitcake launched by their mechanical device (baseball gloves are allowed), and another where teams launch their fruitcake and try to hit a specific target.
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