Published December 18, 2012, 12:00 AM


In this Nov. 30, 2012, photo, Father Cyprian Harrison, left, and Brother Thomas Imhoff decorate fruitcakes at Assumption Abbey, in Ava, Mo. The Trappist monks spend most of the year making more than 20,000 fruitcakes, 125 at a time, and selling the majority of them around the holiday season as a way to support their way of life. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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