Topic: Has anyone ever ripped open a Christmas cracker?

+Catherine !TGirlYJKXM — 12.7 years ago #30,980

Is this merely a British tradition or do other countries besides commonwealths have them as well?

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+On !Uvm54ORbmo — 12.7 years ago, 1 minute later[T] [B] #358,532

what is a christmas cracker?

·Catherine !TGirlYJKXM (OP) — 12.7 years ago, 3 minutes later, 5 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #358,534

@previous (On !Uvm54ORbmo)
It's basically a small package that cracks when you open it. The content inside is often a prize, paper crown, and a joke which is often terrible from what I hear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeJFZBvyVrE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_cracker

·On !Uvm54ORbmo — 12.7 years ago, 7 minutes later, 12 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #358,535

@previous (Catherine !TGirlYJKXM)
weird ass stuff. never had one.

+Anonymous C — 12.7 years ago, 6 minutes later, 19 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #358,537

christmas crackers are where the party hats came from....they're all worth billions..

Grand Exchange cost :

Blue partyhat 2,147,483,647
White partyhat 2,139,061,789
Red partyhat 1,566,910,719
Green partyhat 1,393,479,688
Yellow partyhat 1,201,526,197
Purple partyhat 1,136,167,500

+Anonymous D — 12.7 years ago, 10 minutes later, 30 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #358,540

I've had crackers at Christmas for as long as I can remember. When I was a kid I would wear the hat and think the joke was grate.

+Anonymous E — 12.7 years ago, 2 hours later, 3 hours after the original post[T] [B] #358,560

@previous (D)
Yep, still do. Won a yellow hat, a plastic Whistle and the joke "Why did the chicken cross the road? For some foul reason. ummmm

·Anonymous A (OP) — 12.7 years ago, 41 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[T] [B] #358,561

@previous (E)
Why did the chicken cross the road?

+Blondie !vbsvhaneDY — 12.7 years ago, 1 hour later, 5 hours after the original post[T] [B] #358,570

@358,537 (C)

·Anonymous E — 12.7 years ago, 34 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[T] [B] #358,579

@358,561 (A)
"For some foul (fowl) reason"

+FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI — 12.7 years ago, 1 minute later, 6 hours after the original post[T] [B] #358,580

@358,532 (On !Uvm54ORbmo)
bert is a christmas cracker.

·Anonymous E — 12.7 years ago, 12 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[T] [B] #358,581

The history of the Christmas Cracker

The Oxford English Dictionary records the use of cracker bonbons and the pulling of crackers from the early 1840s. Tradition tells of how Tom Smith of London invented crackers in 1847. He created the crackers as a development of his bon-bon sweets, which he sold in a twist of paper (the origins of the traditional sweet-wrapper). As sales of bon-bons slumped, Smith began to come up with new promotional ideas. His first tactic was to insert "love messages" into the wrappers of the sweets.

Smith added the "crackle" element when he heard the crackle of a log he had just put on a fire. The size of the paper wrapper had to be increased to incorporate the banger mechanism, and the sweet itself was eventually dropped, to be replaced by a trinket; fans, jewellery and other substantial items. The new product was initially marketed as the Cosaque (i.e., Cossack), but the onomatopoeic "cracker" soon became the commonly used name, as rival varieties came on the market. The other elements of the modern cracker ~~-the gifts, paper hats and varied designs~~- were all introduced by Tom Smith's son, Walter Smith, to differentiate his product from the rival cracker manufacturers which had suddenly sprung up. As the demand for crackers increased, Tom Smith merged with Caley Crackers in 1953 taking over their headquarters and factory in Norwich, East Anglia.

A memorial water fountain to Tom Smith and his family stands in Finsbury Square, London.

The longest Christmas cracker pulling chain is 603 participants and was achieved by the RuneScape Community, at RuneFest 3, Tobacco Dock, London, UK, on 2 November 2013.

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·FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI — 12.7 years ago, 39 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[T] [B] #358,585

@previous (E)
Nice dailymail copypasta.

·Anonymous E — 12.7 years ago, 22 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[T] [B] #358,589

@previous (FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI)

Originally from Wikipedia and used in previous years, FA.

+The Doctor !7MHPahvoGY — 12.7 years ago, 1 hour later, 8 hours after the original post[T] [B] #358,593

@358,560 (E)
@358,581 (E)

Cool story, Bobby2Comix.

·Anonymous E — 12.7 years ago, 5 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[T] [B] #358,595

@previous (The Doctor !7MHPahvoGY)
The more you know.....

·The Doctor !7MHPahvoGY — 12.7 years ago, 4 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[T] [B] #358,596

@previous (E)

Okay, TG2Sox.

+Triptych !IupsXZPnnU — 12.7 years ago, 3 hours later, 11 hours after the original post[T] [B] #358,605

I've seen them in shops but never actually had them.

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