Wee Birdy: London's best Christmas crackers: the mini cracker

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December 11, 2009

London's best Christmas crackers: the mini cracker

Cracker crib notes:
What? Splendid Sweets Mini Crackers.
From? Fortnum and Mason.
How much? £12.
The booty? An ‘entertaining scroll’, snap and assorted wooden stickers of teddy bears, reindeer, angels, Christmas trees and baubles.

11 Dec 2009 08:00:00 | Christmas 2009, Christmas decorations, Christmas in London

3 Comments

This is such a treat.
I just found your site.
I shall return.

Yvonne

Posted by: yvonne rosenfield | December 11, 2009 at 10:50 AM

After the third christmas cracker you featured I have to admit: I have no clue what a christmas cracker actually is. Could you please explain the concept to a German living in Switzerland? We haven't got anything like this over here.

Eva

Posted by: Eva from zafrán | December 12, 2009 at 08:50 PM

Hey Eva, it's a fairly British (and Australian) tradition, so apologies for lack of an explanation. They're bon-bons with a bang and a mainstay on the Christmas dinner table. Wiki says it best: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_crackers

Posted by: Top Bird @ Wee Birdy | December 14, 2009 at 02:45 PM

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