Talk about synchronicity - or maybe the the comic strip author is a secret Mudcatter?? Today's 'The Grizzwells' comic strip has this sequence:

Child: Mama, I'm not a kid anymore and I want to ask you something about Christmas
Mama freezes, her face registering concern.
Child continues: And I want you to be honest with me- What the heck is Figgy pudding?
Mama, with broad smile, turns back to her work: Whew!

Ebbie