THE TRADITION OF ENGLISH FESTIVE AND PARTY CRACKERS

Party crackers are a British tradition dating back to Victorian times when
a confectioner started selling sugared almonds, each with a motto and
wrapped in a twisted paper package, as love tokens.
One day a jet of resin from the confectioners log fire burst into flame
with a loud 'crack'. Using this idea he decided to make a log shaped
package that would produce a surprise bang and inside would be an
almond and a motto.
It soon became a firm favourite at parties with toys, hats and jokes
added to each 'cracker'.
By the end of the century it was well established as a traditional
holiday custom and now each year virtually every household in the UK
has crackers.

In recent years crackers have become essential ice breakers at all
types of parties, dinner parties, weddings and celebrations.
Place one at each place setting for decoration and then pull it open
with a friend and share the fun !
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