According to several British newspapers, Christmas crackers are a tradition celebrated in Britain since the 1800s.

Christmas crackers are not serving vessels for cheese; they’re tubular cardboard constructions threaded with paper treated by gunpowder. When two people pull the ends of the cracker, it makes a ...

And the Christmas cracker dates all the way back to the 1800s, when London sweet maker Tom Smith first added a small saying or riddle inside the wrapper of his sweets.

What the British call "savoury biscuits." When they say "cracker," in the U.K., they're referring to a "Christmas cracker." This is a small cardboard tube, festively wrapped like a bonbon.

After Christmas dinner, Brits have fun with Christmas crackers—and we’re not talking about the kind you can eat. These table decorations are meant to be pulled apart, making a loud snapping ...

They’re still fairly obscure in the United States, but that’s changing. If you want to bring a little British merriment to your holiday celebrations, Christmas crackers are fairly easy to find.

Nope, we're not talking about edible crackers (we call those biscuits for cheese, though). These are a very important staple at the Christmas dinner table. A Christmas cracker is a cardboard tube ...

A Brief History of Christmas Crackers The tradition of Christmas crackers dates back over 150 years to the ingenuity of Tom Smith, an enterprising baker and confectioner in London's East End ...

Courtesy of Amelia Wells via Wikimedia Commons Christmas crackers are a common table decoration for British families at the holidays. The festively wrapped crackers are pulled apart by two guests ...

Try making English crackers, or Christmas crackers, to place beside each person's plate for Christmas dinner. These festive crackers are traditionally filled with sweets and trinkets.

The English count the days until Christmas commercials are unveiled—rather like Americans anticipate Super Bowl ads. There’s buzz aplenty about which brands will produce the most amusing ...