So Aaron and Coco gathered up all the unwanted fruitcake, and took it outside...
*Disclaimer - No fruitcake was actually smashed or wasted for this story. All the fruitcake pieces were gathered up off the fresh, clean snow, and happily devoured by Jan (who loves fruitcake, and generously allowed me to use some of it for my pictures) The smashed 'crumbs' were from an unwanted sacrificial stand-in.