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Old 11-05-2008, 04:46 PM   #1051
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Originally Posted by DixieGal View Post
After reading the wikis, I see that another name is Cracker Night. That reminds me of another British puzzler. Can you explain?

Last Christmas, one of the docs I work for gave me a box of "crackers" that he brought back from England. It had the legend on the back of the box that it was supposed to simulate the crackling of wood on a fire, but the crackle wasn't very loud and the charms were toy soldiers and things that looked British-ish, but we just didn't get it.

The legend also said it is a beloved holiday tradition. Really?
holiday crackers, yes ! brilliant !! with goofy jokes inside them and hats. we don't have crackers here (you have no idea how i wish we did) but we do have chocolates wrapped in shiny, colorful foil with fringy ends, with a little slip of paper with a (bad) joke on it inside the wrapper. now we just need to find a way to make silly hats fit in them, too...
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