Her supporters have long argued that Van Houten, a rootless and damaged child of a broken home, described by one of her original lawyers as being 'nutty as a fruitcake', has been entirely rehabilitated and was merely being kept behind bars as retribution.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12293085/She-teenage-hippy-met-Charles-Manson-Leslie-Van-Houten-freed.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

I am here to defend fruitcake — at the very least the fruitcake I am familiar with, which is delicious.

Source: https://www.farmanddairy.com/columns/fruitcake-appreciation-society/806549.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fruitcake-appreciation-society

I am here to defend fruitcake — at the very least the fruitcake I am familiar with, which is delicious.

Source: https://www.farmanddairy.com/columns/fruitcake-appreciation-society/806549.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fruitcake-appreciation-society

“Our ideal is to pray always,” said Brother Paul Quenon, who joined the abbey in the late 1950s when the bourbon fruitcake was already being produced, and has worked on the more recently introduced bourbon fudge.

Source: https://halifax.citynews.ca/2023/12/17/convent-made-delicacies-a-christmas-favorite-help-monks-and-nuns-win-fans-and-pay-the-bills/

The events will offer hot apple cider and fruitcake.

Source: https://www.delmartimes.net/lifestyle/events/story/2023-12-12/dec14-best-bets-a-quick-guide-to-online-and-in-person-entertainment-and-experiences