Thank you so much, Clairel! And you checked with your Dad, which was so nice! I've found a lot of information, and I'm overthinking as I do have an easy deux ex leo in the form of the Pevensies now having access to an American family with access to the PX/Commissary. There's a sort of Christmas Carol thing forming in my head where all problems are solved with the arrival of the Christmas goose or turkey with the Americans, but the American food traditions, as the next entry shows, do not have this tradition of dried fruits soaked in spirits and set aflame. The closest is that thing known as the Fruit Cake which nowadays at least is the subject of scorn. Dried fruit and nuts barely held together with a batter and soaked in rum or brandy and packed in a tin. It was popular at one time but I can't imagine a fruit cake taking the role of the Christmas dessert -- though.... I should check the Joy of Cooking, the classic American cookbook that has been in print since the War. (I referenced it in the Tools of the Trade chapter in TQSiT). The classic Joy gives instructions on how to skin squirrels.

In my head, btw, I'm assuming they are COE. Though I admit that English class dynamics are not something Americans understand well at all. Thanks so much!