British Traditions - What is a Christmas Cracker - Holiday Cracker
19When I moved to the United States from England, it was such a surprise when the staple of a British Christmas: The Christmas Cracker just didn't exist! How crazy is that! A roast does not taste the same without a paper crown donned upon your noggin!
What's inside:
A -bad- joke
A crown (Very important!) - You wear this while eating your meal like a king
A small (and usually crap) toy
What do you do?
You pick somebody at the table and pull the cracker with them.
If you get the bigger half, it's your cracker!
If you have won before, and you win again, you just give it to the person who never won
When you pull the cracker, a small snap goes off because it's mean't to be an explosion!
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Christmas crackers are festive table decorations that make a snapping sound when pulled open, and often contain a small gift and a joke. They are part of Christmas celebrations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Commonwealth countries such as Australia (where they are sometimes known as bon-bons), Canada, New Zealand and South Africa.
A cracker consists of a segmented cardboard tube wrapped in a brightly decorated twist of paper with a prize in the middle, making it resemble an oversized sweet-wrapper. The cracker is pulled apart by two people, each holding an outer chamber, causing the cracker to split unevenly and leaving one person holding the central chamber and prize. The split is accompanied by a mild bang or snapping sound produced by the effect of friction on a shock-sensitive, chemically impregnated card strip (similar to that used in a cap gun). One chemical used for the friction strip is silver fulminate.
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