“Eggnog is the candy corn of Christmas”

Various foods have been called “the candy corn of Christmas.” That is to say, like candy corn, it’s a food mainly eaten on the holiday (as with candy corn and Halloween) and at no other time, and that many people do not like.
   
“Cranberry sauce is the candy corn of Thanksgiving” is a related saying.

   
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The Goddess Lydia
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Fruit cakes are the candy corn of Thanksgiving & Christmas…who seriously eats them?
5:40 PM · Nov 26, 2013
 
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Emily ™
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Egg nog is the candy corn of Christmas.
7:15 PM · Nov 10, 2024
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