Fruitcake Lady

mmm fruit cake

Was she the creator of Fruit cake?

elisadasilva said:

God Bless You Fruitcake Lady.

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What'd you call me

The Fruitcake Lady was one of the aunts that raised Capote. She's not the inventor of the fruitcake but spent many years making many each holiday seaosn, something immortalized in Capote's short story "A Christmas Memory". It was also made into a holiday television movie a few years back and starred Patty Duke as the aunt.

In recent years, she had some limited fame as the Fruitcake Lady but it all goes back to Capote. Without him, she would have remained a regional or local celebrity.

A portion of "A Christmas Memory", for those who have not read it, can be found here:

http://www.ansoniadesign.com/capote/christmas.htm

Thats new, nice of you to share

To be honest, I think it's fair to say that Jay Leno gave her more fame as the Fruitcake Lady than Capote did.

I dont know who neither of them are

dclary said:

To be honest, I think it's fair to say that Jay Leno gave her more fame as the Fruitcake Lady than Capote did.

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I don't agree - "A Christmas Memory" has been a traditional classic for decades; one of the original movies made from the story had Capote as narrator. Other versions were made in the mid to late 60's and in about 1997.

If it had not been for her connection to Capote and "A Christmas Memory", I doubt Leno would have ever heard of the lady.

truelyana said:

I dont know who neither of them are

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If you don't know who Truman Capote and Jay Leno are, you need to get out a little more!

hehe

When capote was written, i thought of Jam. I take it its not of any resemblance

johnnysannie said:

I don't agree - "A Christmas Memory" has been a traditional classic for decades; one of the original movies made from the story had Capote as narrator. Other versions were made in the mid to late 60's and in about 1997.

If it had not been for her connection to Capote and "A Christmas Memory", I doubt Leno would have ever heard of the lady.

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Well, I've never heard of Capote outside of the two movies made about him this and last year, nor that traditional classic you mentioned.

truelyana said:

I dont know who neither of them are

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Truman Copote and Jay Leno?

dclary said:

Well, I've never heard of Capote outside of the two movies made about him this and last year, nor that traditional classic you mentioned.

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You've never heard of the book "In Cold Blood" about the Manson murders?

Shadow_Ferret said:

Truman Copote and Jay Leno??

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Yep thats the ones, never heard of them. I dont know many names in general

Truman Capote writes books. I have no idea what Jay Leno does. Probably a poet or something. I think he's the one who doesn't like cars...

Really? For 35 years I've been wrong about that book.

Oh wait, Helter Skelter was about Manson.

The cold has frozen my brain.

She did? I'm so sad. She's so funny.

I'll take over for her in my Sex Talk thread. See you guys there!

Shadow_Ferret said:

Truman Copote and Jay Leno?



You've never heard of the book "In Cold Blood" about the Manson murders?

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I have heard of the book "In Cold Blood" but as I said, only in relation to the two movies recently made about the writing of the book.

Must be a generational thing. I remember Capote being on Johnny Carson all the time.

*waits for someone to say, "Who's Johnny Carson?"*

haha i still wouldnt know. I dont read newspapers or watch television

Shadow_Ferret said:

Must be a generational thing. I remember Capote being on Johnny Carson all the time.

*waits for someone to say, "Who's Johnny Carson?"*

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Could be. I watch Leno 2-3 nights a week, and would likely have done the same with Johnny had I been old enough (I can't get enough of the Carson Comedy Classics episodes. He was WAY funnier than Jay, and willing to do anything for his sketches)

truelyana said:

haha i still wouldnt know. I dont read newspapers or watch television

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So I take it current events isn't your major?

truelyana said:

haha i still wouldnt know. I dont read newspapers or watch television

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I don't either, but I know who all of these people are. I should go read Capote...

Shadow_Ferret said:

So I take it current events isn't your major?

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They dont matter to me, they never have done.

WildScribe said:

I don't either, but I know who all of these people are. I should go read Capote...

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I dont know much of anything in human terms. Im a newbie as a human