Christmas Cracker Christmas Ornament

32136 Merck Family's Old World Christmas

Introduced 2011

Measures approximately 3 1/4"

Made of mouth blown, hand painted glass. Christmas Cracker, two assorted styles decorated in red and green with glitter details. Ornaments are very similar and ornament available will be shipped. Both styles shown in photo.

Christmas Crackers have been a traditional part of the holidays since Victorian times. made of brightly colored paper, they contain small gifts, a colored paper hat or crown, and a joke or motto. Crackers are pulled to open with a bang! This glass ornament won't "pop" but it will last as a beautiful decoration.

Wikipedia: In one version of the tradition the person with the larger portion of cracker empties the contents from the tube and keeps them. In another each person will have their own cracker and will keep its contents regardless of whose end they were in. Typically these contents are a coloured paper hat or crown; a small toy, small plastic model or other trinket and a motto, a joke or piece of trivia on a small strip of paper. Crackers are often pulled before or after Christmas dinners or at parties.