Manitou Springs Annual Fruitcake Toss

On the Road, Trivia
on September 18, 2011

Residents of Manitou Springs (pop. 4,992) have found a festive solution for unwanted fruitcake. Every January, the Chamber of Commerce hosts the Great Fruitcake Toss, in which contestants compete for bragging rights as they fling or launch the hapless dessert by catapult, pneumatic spud gun or other mechanical devices.

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