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Interestingly, it's not what the name suggests-- it's not a plum in a sugar syrup, and it has little relationship to fruit at all. It's actually a kind of candy. You may have heard the expression "sugar plum" mentioned in the poem "'Twas The Night Before Christmas," which was written in the early 1820s-- this was a British expression that referred to a popular (but difficult to make) hard candy, which was also called a "comfit." It was really sweet, made with lots of sugar, and often with some kind of nut (such as an almond) in the center. As for the "plum," by the 1800s, that word in British slang often meant something really good or desirable.

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