The Fruitcake Capital of the World?!

In this video, Cereal at Midnight travels to the town of Claxton, GA, the self-proclaimed "Fruitcake Capital of the World," to see what's really going on,. Plus, we have an on-camera taste test of what we find.


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  1. DennisFebruary 27, 2017 at 4:04 PM

    That was not what I was expecting, good fun video, good luck with the site Heath

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