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Home made Xmas Crackers

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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 6 Nov 2021 16:58

JoyL ................... when my daughter was in her teens, I used to buy a new pair of frilly panties (knickers) for her, or sometimes a pair of socks or knee highs with a daft pattern on them. Then I would make a Christmas cracker out of an empty toilet paper roll, cover it with Christmas paper, etc, and put it in her stocking.

The only time she got a bit embarrassed was the first time, then she laughed really hard. She was a little careful the 3rd year when we were up in the North with her aunt and family, because there was a male cousin there, about 5 or 6 years younger than her.

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My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Florence61

Florence61 Report 6 Nov 2021 13:31

Jl we used to make peppermint cremes too and cover half in chocolate..Brought back memories that did. Love the IOU :-D :-D :-D

We did make them too and used crepe paper at school.

Maddie, yes i had thought of that too, but if my daughter won would she share it with me lol?

Florence in the hebrides

Researching:
house/hampshire prophet/cheshire skinner/kent

Maddie

Maddie Report 6 Nov 2021 11:30

a lottery ticket the winner can then keep me in the style i am yet to be accustomed

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 6 Nov 2021 09:21

When my grandchildren were young, they made crackers from empty kitchen roll tubes wrapped in Xmas paper and tied with tinsel for their parents’ Xmas gifts. Usually we made sweets - more often than not, peppermint creams and covered half of them in chocolate before putting them into those small cellophane starry bags (Sainsburys had them) to put inside the crackers. The children wrote out a joke in their own handwriting and usually came up with something extra, such as the note our granddaughter once slipped inside the cracker, saying, ‘IOU one chore’.

Happy days ….. <3

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 5 Nov 2021 23:13

I have to admit, I have a carrier bag full of unmatching crackers :-S
I also have a collection of cracker toys left behind after Xmas dinners.
But, apart from the Ferrero Roche, I think I prefer your fillings, Florence!

:-D

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Florence61

Florence61 Report 5 Nov 2021 22:28

If you made your own crackers for xmas, what would you put in yours?

I would still have a party hat and a joke but I would slip in a miniature bottle of something.Whisky, Gin, Vodka or some liqueur chocolates, a Ferro Rocher maybe.

Florence in the hebrides

Researching:
house/hampshire prophet/cheshire skinner/kent