De rigeur in the UK, very unusual in the US.
Is that right?
No crackers with Christmas pudding?
Good heavens!
http://www.absolutelycrackers.com/historynew.html
Englishman.
Christmas Crackers
by Englishman 6 Replies latest jw friends
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outnfree
You are right, Mike -- very unusual in the U.S.
In fact, your post brought back fond memories of a Christmas Dinner with a British expatriate and his American wife and daughter where I first learned about "crackers." Here, if you mentioned Christmas crackers some one might say, "Did you mean Christmas cookies?" or else think you were talking about some kind of non-sweet biscuit. lol
Happy Christmas!
Brenda
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Country_Woman
On very rare occasions I 've seen and or got them - thy are not common here too.
Thinks we miss a lot of fun....
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Englishman
Oh dear...but you do put sixpences (or the equivalent) in the Xmas pud, right?
Englishman.
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CaptainSchmideo
Not during Christmas, but at New Years, watch out.
I am fortunate enough to live in a municipality where fireworks are allowed in city limits during Indepedence Day and New Years. The place sounds like Iraq on a Saturday night.
Favorite line of dialogue about a Christmas crackers
"Marriage is a lot like a Christmas Cracker: One disappointing "bang" and then it's pretty much downhill from there."-Ebenezer Blackadder, from "A Blackadder Christmas Carol"
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Mulan
I've seen them more this year than ever before. Lots of stores have them, but I haven't been tempted to buy them yet.
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Country_Woman
E-man, so sorry :
Xmas pud
we haven't even that.... not with and not without coins...
In fact, there are not much traditions around Christmas here - except the Christmas Tree and decorations ofcourse. When I was a kid, there was a tradition to have "rabbits" or "turkey" for dinner - that changed into everything that is delicious- no matter what....
With ONE exception: we do have a delicious pastry: Kerstkrans
When it was'nt that expensive (and unhealthy with all that sugar) I would have taken it for breakfast, lunch and dinner.....