In Truman Capote’s, “A Christmas Memory” Buddy and his cousin, who is his best friend, make Christmas fruitcakes for a number of acquaintances. In order to soak the cakes in whiskey they visit a local purveyor named Mr. HaHa Jones. Mr. Jones does not charge them for the whiskey but instead he requests that they deliver a cake to him. The pair returns to their house to make the cakes and soak them in whiskey but there is a bit left. The pair shares the whiskey, drinking it out of jelly jars. They respond to the alcohol by dancing and singing around the stove. Unfortunately, two of their relatives catch them and reprimand the cousin for giving the whiskey to a seven-year-old boy. The relatives are very angry at the situation and make the cousin so upset that she cries for a very long time while Buddy attempts to console her.