In the US, fruitcake has become a Christmas joke. I think I have only seen one once, given as a joke gift, and have never been served it. Here in India, it seems to be popular. (Though I still haven't seen it)

Whenever we ask what people do for Christmas here, and what they eat, the first thing said is commonly "of course there's cake" and then they say that they just have a meal, with no particular special dishes. It took a while to figure out that "Christmas cake" is actually fruitcake.

I will have to see if on Christmas, there are actually fruitcakes around and being served.