Does anyone know the birth and death dates of Tom Smith, inventor of the Christmas cracker? 
I’ve searched the Net but can’t find anything on his dates.
Thanks,
Adam D
What’s a christmas cracker??
Cannot find his exact birth date but from this link :- http://www.absolutelycrackers.com/historynew.html
It must have been in the 1820’s. No luck about when he died but at least this link will tell Sassafras all about the Christmas cracker.
Ahhh . Learn something new every day. I had never heard of a “christmas cracker” before ! :smack:
How can you have Christmas without crackers? No stupid hats, no silly plastic toys to fight over, no really bad jokes to amuse you and yours with? I can’t imagine such a Christmas.
Like Xmas Fortune Cookies, crossed with Crackerjack.
That explode.
Except instead of a fortune you get a really bad knock-knock joke.
And they don’t actually explode…they just make a bang loud enough to send the dog running. 