Christmas cracker

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Christmas cracker

noun Christmas crackers

  1. Canada, New Zealand, UK A table decoration, in the form of a large paper sweet wrapper, constructed around a cardboard tube typically containing a paper hat, silly joke and a small novelty or toy; a pair of people pull the ends of the cracker causing an embedded device to make a crack sound as the cracker breaks in two and the contents are released.

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noun table decoration containing a toy

DeutschKnallbonbon
Italianopetardo di Natale, petardo natalizio, cosacco

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@misc{christmas_cracker_2026,
  title = {Christmas cracker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/christmas%20cracker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}