In Popular Culture
The drink features prominently in Damon Runyon's short story "Dancing Dan's Christmas", beginning with the passage
This hot Tom and Jerry is an old time drink that is once used by one and all in this country to celebrate Christmas with, and in fact it is once so popular that many people think Christmas is invented only to furnish an excuse for hot Tom and Jerry, although of course this is by no means true.
It is mentioned briefly in Yogi Yorgesson's song "I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas":
I look at my watch and midnight is near
I think I'll sneak off for a cold glass of beer
Down at the corner the crowd is so merry
I end up by drinking 'bout twelve Tom and Yerry
In the 1941 film The Great Mr. Nobody, a pair of characters are enjoying mugs of Tom and Jerrys in a bar on Christmas Eve and offer one to Eddie Arnold when he arrives. A big sign by the door advertises the drink as a yuletide special treat. It is also mentioned in the 1960 film The Apartment, with Jack Lemmon's character (preparing to loan out his apartment to his boss for a Christmas Eve sexual tryst) stating that "the Tom and Jerry mix is in the refrigerator."
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