A festive table just isn’t finished without one-a Christmas cracker of course! Not only do they make beautiful table decorations and look good adorning your dining table. They also often contain a little gift or silly joke to get the whole family giggling.
Whether you are looking for luxury crackers, fun and novelty or maybe some themed crackers for the festive season-we’ve got you covered. Check out our guide to the 10 best Christmas crackers 2022.
1. Fortnum and Mason
When it comes to luxury Fortnum & Mason are kings of special crackers! Fortnum & Mason have been recognised as a high quality food and drink shop for hundreds of years- even favoured by royalty! These lush green Christmas crackers would add a luxurious touch to any Christmas table.
What makes them even more brilliant of that each of the 6 crackers contains a paper crown, plus recipe from the famous Fortnum& Mason cookbook. There’s also a variety of miniature kitchen utensils to help cook your cracker recipe including mini graters, coffee scoop and cocktail stirrer. How cool is that?
2. John Lewis
These beautifully designed 12 days of Christmas crackers from high end department store John Lewis would be a stunning addition for any Christmas dinner table. They make perfect festive crackers because they show drawings of the 12 Days of Christmas carol. All the family will be singing as you open!
Inside find paper hats and small cracker gifts. Importantly, for the environment these are eco- friendly crackers and the contents are made of fully recyclable material
3. Hotel Chocolat
Are you are looking to give guests to your Christmas dinner party a small favor to takeaway? Then, choose these Hotel Chocolat mini crackers from John Lewis and give them a chocolatey treat. They may be small but they are perfectly formed with Hotel Chocolat’s signature festive silver snowflakes embossed on the snowy white party crackers.
Best of all they contain decadent chocolates that the Hotel Chocolat brand are known for! They would also work well for Christmas tree decorations as an alternative to traditional hanging chocolates.
4.Harrods of London
The beautiful design of these Harrods Bon Voyage Christmas Crackers is will catch your eye first. A velvet ribbon bow and decorative ribbon create a very elegant cracker.
Then, after admiring the outside design, miniature gifts await you when you pull the cracker. The teaspoon cracker gift with a decorative handle will be appreciated by any guest!
5. Waitrose
Perfect for beauty gifts as well as your Christmas table these Christmas bath bomb beauty crackers with a lovely whimsical design are a festive delight! Each cracker is filled with bath fizzers for fun body washes this Christmas. They would be perfect for both children and adults.
6. Virgin Wines
To give your Christmas dinner guests a boozy treat these 6 crackers each with a miniature bottle of wine from Virgin Wines are ideal. Furthermore, bottles include South African Chardonnay and French Malbec. What a lovely addition to a festive feast and a little wine should make the crackers jokes more fun too!
7. The Body Shop
You have probably heard of beauty advent calendars. However, have you seen that there are Christmas crackers full of beauty products! Yes you heard correct. Forget cheap plastic cracker games and toys you don’t need. With these Body Shop luxury crackers you can treat your dining table guests and yourself to fruity scented hand creams.
8. Percy Pig
For a family friendly Christmas cracker that would also make a fun gift, you can’t beat these Percy Pig Christmas crackers. The kids will love to see their favourite pig character as part if the Christmas dinner celebrations and inside there is even a fun activity to keep them occupied while you serve guests.
9. Robin Reed
These handmade crackers from Robin Reed will look stunning on a Christmas dinner table or as a paper tree decoration. They have everything you would expect from a cracker containing hats, jokes, quiz and small gifts but for any eco-conscious guests they have re usable angel trims too. These can be used as festive place settings or gift tags.
10. Nancy and Betty Peter Rabbit
Nancy & Betty are a brand that specialises in making gorgeous handmade crackers. These super cute Peter Rabbit crackers are adorable for the festive season. Featuring Beatrix Potter artwork and illustrations they also contain one of the following gifts eraser, wooden bracelet, wooden spinner, badge, cookie cutter, large wooden die, bouncy ball or crayons. The kids will love these fun gifts.
We hope you’ve found your Christmas crackers from our list and have lots of fun on Christmas day.
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