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Christmas crackers were invented by
Thomas Smith
in
1846.
He had
imported some French novelties to sell as Christmas gifts, but these were not
popular until he wrapped them up and added a snapper.
The
custom of pulling crackers came to Britain in the 1860s.
The
traditional way to pull a cracker is crossing your arms and pulling a whole
circle of crackers all around the table.
Everyone holds their crack in their
right hand and pulls their neighbours cracker with the free left hand.
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