Here's our round up of the best Christmas crackers for 2023 – because plastic tat and bad ... Lauren graduated with a BA in English Literature and Journalism in 2013 and has worked in ...

Christmas crackers and mumming have, for me, been a long curiosity. Maybe they are for you, too. Or maybe you’ve never heard of either. My English-Scottish grandmother included “Christmas ...

An American family have experienced the joy of pulling Christmas crackers for the first – including an 84-year old grandma whose reaction stole the show. Article continues below Tay, who is ...

Christmas Day is just so great, we don't want it to end. Boxing Day -- 26 December -- is a national holiday in the UK and in recent years the day has become associated with sales.

£38, Jo Malone A holiday favourite for grandmothers, mothers and daughters alike, Jo Malone’s Christmas cracker is filled with three miniatures: the English Pear & Freesia cologne, Wood Sage ...

Best Christmas crackers of 2024 reviewed, from luxury to top supermarket options. No fortune-telling fish included. The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers.

Christmas crackers are essential part of any festive tablescape – but, more often than not, you’ll find them filled with bits of plastic tat that don’t make it to Boxing Day. So, how can we ...

The venerable OKC theater will close its 39th season Dec. 7-23 with the interactive yuletide favorite "Jane Austen's Christmas Cracker" inside the company's Paseo Arts District theater.

Children at Christmas dinners, or holiday parties, pair up. Each pulls their end of the cracker, as they might a wishbone. CRACK! And then a faint whiff of sulfur, like a cap gun.