And American efforts to recreate a traditional British Christmas pudding, made with dried fruit, rum and molasses, resulted in the modern fruitcake, according to Davison.

Of course, there are plenty of Christmas flavors still on the menu. Only this time around, we’re giving them a whole new spin, like with the maple bacon butter fan rolls, pomegranate margaritas ...

By 1910, the price for a restaurant turkey dinner with the traditional sides had risen to about 50 cents. In 1908, the California Fish and Game Commission released turkeys into the San Bernardino ...