Christmas Crackers

DH suggests 'flue'!

do we have to?

I'd really like some recommendations for good but not too expensive crackers!

janerowena, buy attractive but cheap crackers and then open them up to add your own extra gifts. Much easier than making your own, and includes hats and jokes.

Thanks for the promise of jokes, vampire, I look forward to a chuckle each day.

That's a good idea. I think I shall, they are such a let-down at times and Amazon and eBay have some good odds and ends.

Does anyone really pull crackers for the gift?

We're going to make our crackers with the children on Christmas Eve. There will be a chocolate Santa in each one just in case we don't have enough to eat The jokes will be written by ourselves so they will be exceedingly gringeworthy and in our son's case probably won't make sense as he hasn't cracked how jokes work yet

I would like the opportunity to be pleased at the gift, yes. I decided it was time for a change when I found the stash of uncollected cracker gifts in my sideboard the other day. I would like something in them that people want to keep.

But it's the bang. And the awful joke. Not to mention the hat! (why am I the only one to actually put it on my head? )

And they are very pretty.

I bought some snaps from ebay so we'll still get the bang.

Oh yes! Must have the bang. Making your own sounds great.

I do already still have a packet of snaps from somewhere. It's very disappointing when they don't work, so I bought them as sort of consolations!

I used to love the crackers with the Wade Whimsies in them, I did manage to find some once when DC were young but I doubt that they still do them now.

Have given my Wade Whimsies to the DGC - they will probably not treasure them as much as I did.

Oh Yes!! They still do them! Oh No - the price

Have a look on ebay for the Wade Whimsy characters (much cheaper than the crackers!) and make your own.

I could do that, but the DGC seemed a bit underwhelmed when I gave them to them, and I daren't collect any more myself, DH would put me out into the garage, complete with Whimsies.

Think mine would be the same. Whereas, if there were Wade Whimsy 'Frozen' characters...

Did you know that Santa was dyslexic? He keeps signing his letters 'from
Satan' ...... boom-boom!

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This sort of thing makes a suitable cracker gift for adults (male options available). I have previously used finger torches, Lego mini figures, socks, pants, travel sized toiletries, lip balm, macaroon shaped candles, and hair accessories, to name but a few.

What did the guests sing at the snowman's party?
Freeze a jolly good fellow.

Rosesarered ....

Why does Santa have three gardens?

So he can 'ho ho ho'!

How does Santa like his pizza? Deep and crisp and even.

Ha ha ha very funny I like it elegran

A from me