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frostythesnowman

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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.
 
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Lori K

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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.
 

halimer

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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.
 

frostythesnowman

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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
 
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PamelaG

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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

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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?
 

jampss

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

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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

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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.
 
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