My mother had a tradition of serving a very traditional British Christmas dinner consisting of roast beef, Yorkshire pudding and mincemeat pie. She also made fruitcake in the fall so it would age a bit by Christmas (She would wrap the loaves up in foil with apple slices to keep them moist). One year I suggested making a fruitcake in a Bundt pan (remember them) and putting a candle in the middle for a centerpiece. That too became a tradition. She had an old handwritten recipe that her mom had gotten from an English neighbor when she lived in Canada. It was wonderful and put the lie to every bad fruitcake joke I've ever heard. I have carried on the tradition of the beef and Yorkshire pudding but I don't make the fruitcake because, sadly, that 100+ year old recipe was lost in a fire and I've never found another as good.