All jokes about Christmas fruitcake aside, the holidays are a time when a lot of air travelers take to the skies bearing food and drink gifts destined for friends and relatives.

Trouble is, the Transportation Safety Administration security personnel take a dim view of many such items. With that in mind, TSA has provided a list of items you ought to leave home or ship ahead of Santa's sleigh:

• Cranberry sauce
• Cologne
• Creamy dips
• Gift baskets with food items like salsa, jams and salad dressings
• Gravy
• Jams
• Jellies
• Lotions
• Maple syrup
• Oils and vinegars
• Perfume
• Salad dressing
• Salsa
• Sauces
• Snowglobes
• Soups
• Wine, liquor and beer

And what about fruitcake? Along with pies and other cakes, such items make require extra screening, TSA says.

And, don't bring wrapped presents through a security gate. The chances are good a security screener will ask you to unwrap your package for inspection.