English christmas crackers

No matter how silly you look, you must wear the crown!

Christmas table decoration with English cracker.

A Christmas Cookie Gift Box containing a selection of homemade meringue cookies and vanilla, chocolate and gingerbread biscuits. The perfect heartfelt Christmas gift! Putting this gift box together was batch baking at its finest. I set aside a day to make the different biscuits and meringue. Of course, it helps if you love baking but

Sharing the cottage garden, kitchen, and tea.

Crackers have been a traditional part of British Christmas festivities and other celebrations since Victorian times. The most widely accepted story is that they were invented in the mid-1840's by a London pastry cook named Tom Smith, who came upon the idea while on a trip to Paris where he witnessed the French holiday custom

Each handmade cracker contains a snap, joke, party hat and cookshop delights gift.

From pulling Christmas crackers to eating mince pies, these are the best British Christmas traditions for you to do on Christmas Day this year.

My grandmother makes this smoky bacon and Parmesan spread for parties and holiday get-togethers. For a pretty yuletide presentation, decorate the cream cheese wreath with green parsley and red pimientos. —Lisa Carter, Warren, Indiana

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