Many people believe they know the mystery of Christmas. I know the miracle of Christmas, though I didn't think it was much of a mystery since, well, they wrote it in the most popular book in the history of the world, sing songs about it and have many religions all claiming to have the corner on it. I certainly won't claim to know more about the birth of Christ than any other believer, no.
The true mystery of Christmas is, who likes fruit cake. We've all heard the jokes about it. I even met a woman who made them, tons of them, every year, so I have solved the mystery of where they come from. The real mystery is who eats them? Someone must, otherwise where are they? I have never heard anyone admit to liking it, or admitting to even tasting it, much less actually eating it, But someone somewhere must love it. Who is this person or persons? Why do they remain silent? Is there such a social stigma associated with it that they fear exile?
In this day and age where a person's sexuality demands recognition we have this one secret remaining? Perhaps they are part of a secret society? Perhaps we should support their coming out? Perhaps, just perhaps, there are more people secretly eating and loving fruit cake than there are American voters? Until they admit it, we'll just never know.
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