Christmas Crackers
Christmas crackers are fun to share at Christmas time.
They look like a large sweet and when pulled apart they crack open, revealing the novelty gifts inside.
We wish you a merry Christmas
Origin
Christmas Crackers were invented by Thomas Smith.
He had brought some sweets from Paris to sell as Christmas gifts in 1847, but these were not popular until he wrapped them up and added a snapper.
Did you know?
The largest cracker in the world was made by the children and parents of Ley Hill School in Ley Hill, Chesham, Buckinghamshire in 2001.
The cracker was 207 feet – 63.1 metres long, and 4m in diameter.
It was made of: 200m 6″ x 2″ timber, 1/2 mile cardboard, 1300 bolts, 1000 nails, 500 screws and 1/2 mile of plastic tape.
Novelty can mean a small, cheap trinket or gift, like those found in Christmas Crackers.
Jesus was God’s gift to us, but this gift was not cheap – it cost him his life!
The Bible says
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Romans 5:6-8
You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.