Christmas in July? Beatrice bakery starts prepping for the holidays during the summer months in 1986

BEATRICE, Neb. —

A Beatrice bakery started prepping for Christmas in the month of July in 1986.

The bakery needed more than 2 million pounds of fruit cake to get through the holiday season.

You might think it was a little nutty to worry about Christmas cake in the heat of the summer, but Grandma’s Master Fruitcakes were popular around the world.

“It helps a lot because you are able to think about Christmas and the snow flying,” said veteran baker Blythe Taylor.

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