Get ready to add a dash of festive cheer to your holiday celebrations with these delightful Christmas Crackers! Measuring almost 13 inches each, these vibrant crackers are decorated with charming holiday-themed illustrations that are sure to catch everyone's eye and set the perfect Yuletide atmosphere. Each cracker includes a satisfying snap when pulled, a humorous joke to get everyone laughing, a colorful party hat, and a wind-up Racing Elf to bring out everyone's competitive spirit.
The true star of the show is the Racing Elf game inside each cracker. These adorable wind-up elves are ready to dash across any flat surface, making for a fun and interactive game that will be a hit with both kids and adults alike. Interestingly, Christmas crackers have been a holiday tradition since the mid-19th century, originally invented by a London confectioner as a way to sell candy with a bang! This set of crackers perfectly marries that timeless fun with modern charm, ensuring your Christmas gatherings are filled with laughter and joy.
- Inside, each cracker contains the usual snap, hat and joke, together with a wind up elf figure, each with a different colored accent on his hat for easy identification of the winner
- Racing Elf crackers each contain a wind-up elf (6 different) plus race track. Wind them up, line them up and see who wins!
- 6 crackers come in a gift box.
THE TRADITION OF ENGLISH FESTIVE AND PARTY CRACKERS
Party crackers are a British tradition dating back to Victorian times when a confectioner started selling sugared almonds, each with a motto and wrapped in a twisted paper package, as love tokens.
One day a jet of resin from the confectioners log fire burst into flame with a loud ‘crack’. Using this idea he decided to make a log shaped package that would produce a surprise bang and inside would be an almond and a motto.
It soon became a firm favourite at parties with toys, hats and jokes added to each ‘cracker’. By the end of the century it was well established as a traditional holiday custom and now each year virtually every household in the UK has crackers.
In recent years crackers have become essential ice breakers at all types of parties, dinner parties, weddings and celebrations. Place one at each place setting for decoration and then pull it open with a friend and share the fun!
