I found another new box of Christmas crackers for £1 at the last boot sale, I have enough for a small army!
Must tell the family not to get any new ones this year.
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I found another new box of Christmas crackers for £1 at the last boot sale, I have enough for a small army!
Next year I want to visit more boot sales, haven't done any this year and I'm always impressed with your finds. I love Christmas crackers but hanker after the fabulous ones my grandparents used to buy. Way out of my budget!
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I used to make my own crackers for many years, but it got harder to find small useful things that were cheap enough.
DeleteBoot sales are brilliant - hope you have some near you next year
How many boxes of crackers have you collected this year????
ReplyDeleteEnough!
DeleteI often get crackers in January sales, I last got them a few years ago, daughter gets children's ones for Christmas dinner.
ReplyDeleteI got some with wind-up racing santas(?) last year - they were boot sale find too
DeleteWould it not be lovely to be rich and have fabulous toys inside the crackers instead of the little plastic ones.
ReplyDeleteMany years ago Mum had some with Wade Whimsies, I wonder how much they would cost now
DeleteTeal light holders in crackers sound unusual.
ReplyDeleteI bought up the Christmas cracker market a few years ago. I don't quite know how it happened, but anyway, we'll never be short of a cracker or three.
They aren't in the crackers but on the one end, there is the usual junk inside
DeleteI always avoid looking at the back of the box of xmas crackers - the contents are listed there and it spoils it for me ( childish I know 😆)
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x
It's generally the usual bits of junk - but that's part of the fun!
DeleteI've never given or gotten a Christmas cracker. I take it from comments that's it's filled with little plastic toys and some candy? Are they put in a Christmas stocking or tied to a present or just handed out?
ReplyDeleteThey are put on the table at Christmas dinner. and each have a paper hat, joke and a small gift - usually something useless! They also have the bit that goes Bang! Very traditional here and I'm surprised every year that they have never spread to the US - I think someone should corner the market there
DeleteI don't have a sense being from the US if they come in different sizes, but I thought bringing home Christmas Crackers as a fun extended family gift might be fun. But, there's a lot of us. I'll bring for my immediate as a way to remember my November trip.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure they are allowed on the plane because of the Snap! here's what wiki says........................
DeleteA traditional Christmas cracker snap is made of a strip of card with a small amount of a primary explosive, like silver fulminate, coated on it. This explosive is sandwiched between two pieces of cardboard coated with an abrasive material, like sandpaper. When the cracker is pulled, the abrasive surfaces rub together, creating friction and heat that detonates the explosive, causing the loud "crack".
Your new Christmas crackers look great and were priced right.
ReplyDeleteChristmas crackers are so much fun. They are a tradition for us too, although they are not always easy to find in the US.