While the United States and Great Britain share many holiday traditions, mincemeat pie is not among them.

According to BuzzFeed, Brits eat about 370 million mince pies every year. But most Americans have arguably not even heard of them, never mind eaten one.

BuzzFeed gathered a trio of American Santa Clauses and asked them to taste mince pies for the very first time. All three had positive reactions to this delicacy from across the pond.

(For the record, a mince pie typically contains mincemeat, fruit and spices. Here's a mince pie recipe from the BBC.)

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