Christmas Crackers

[frostythesnowman]

Good afternoon MHH friends....As we are fast approaching to the festive season i would like to ask you peeps is Christmas Crackers a tradition at your Christmas table...Here in my household its defo a tradition to have Crackers for everyone at the table to pull.

 

[Lori K]

We do not have Christmas Crackers at our table. I'd never heard about it until we joined some of DH's cousins for Christmas dinner one year, and she had them.

 

[Whusky]

I've never had them at home. I have heard of people putting out little puzzles on the table though!
Where do you get the crackers from @frostythesnowman

 

[halimer]

When we were at our friends for Christmas last year we had crackers.

They are not part of my personal tradition but I do see them on sale many places.

 

[Whusky]

When we were at our friends for Christmas last year we had crackers.

They are not part of my personal tradition but I do see them on sale many places.

I always thought they were a UK thing! By this, I mean I've never seen them in an American Christmas film so made the assumption based on this lol.

 

[frostythesnowman]

I've never had them at home. I have heard of people putting out little puzzles on the table though!
Where do you get the crackers from @frostythesnowman

Most shops have them @Whusky ....All supermarkets have them in stock ...I wait till after christmas and get them at 70% off....Like last January i bought a few cheap ones and a few expensive one's.,,,Gotta have crackers around the table pull them before you start dinner...I wear my paper hat all day till night time when i am tipsy and it falls off when napping lol

 

[PamelaG]

We've always had Christmas crackers. Mum was British and always mailed them to us and then they started appearing in the US stores. Tom Smith is a popular brand but there are others as well. We also have them here in the USA for other holidays like the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving which I do not understand at all!

 

[Whusky]

Most shops have them @Whusky ....All supermarkets have them in stock ...I wait till after christmas and get them at 70% off....Like last January i bought a few cheap ones and a few expensive one's.,,,Gotta have crackers around the table pull them before you start dinner...I wear my paper hat all day till night time when i am tipsy and it falls off when napping lol

Ah yeah I've seen them in shops lol, what I meant is there a shop you'd recommend getting them from more than others?

 

[frostythesnowman]

Ah yeah I've seen them in shops lol, what I meant is there a shop you'd recommend getting them from more than others?

Tesco's have a good selection of Christmas Crackers....End of January and they are practically giving them away lol

 

[jampss]

I know what they are. But we have not had them as a tradition. Looks fun.

 

[luludou]

I've seen them at the dollarstore but we've never had them and never seen anyone having them

 

[Myron's Mom]

It’s not a tradition in our family. we had them a couple a years just for fun when we still had family. And yes we wore our paper hats!
I think I got them at World Market.

 

[sweetpumkinpye]

We traditionally have them here. I think it is because a lot of our traditions are English based.
Some years we make our own, that is a great pre Christmas activity.

 

[frostythesnowman]

We usually buy a few boxes of the cheaper ones for the month of December and have a few expensive boxes for the big day.