CONGRATULATIONS
TO ALL THE 2009 CRACKER PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS! |
WINNING PHOTO!
Randi L. submitted this 3-family gathering photo - Fayetteville,
NY
"Every Christmas Eve we celebrate
with two other families. We always have dinner first and then
do a talent show and the kids look forward to snapping our crackers
and getting a surprise. After the talent show we open our crackers
and have dessert. Every year I search for a special cracker
for all of us to enjoy. The "kids" are now 23-30 and
they still count on having those crackers." |
WINNING PHOTO!
The 'Cousins' submitted by Carol B. family - Medina, NY |
WINNING PHOTO!
Annie - Medina, NY |
WINNING PHOTO!
Heather C. - Calgary, Alberta |
WINNING
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Monica M. and family - Schaumburg, Illinois
"This is a picture taken after dinner on Christmas
Day. We were so happy this year, because despite icy rain and
cancelled flights , all members of our small family were able
to be there. We had a ball with the crackers. We all took turns
reading our jokes and riddles. My daughter, visiting from DC,
took this picture, and also accompanied us on the piano as we
sang the carols.Then we had a race to see who could finish the
word search first. Grandma gave up on the word search and tried
to help herself to others' candy, but my younger daughter realized
what was going on, and helped her with the search. We wore our
crowns well into the evening. It was a lot of fun and added
so much to our enjoyment of the evening."
Monica M., Schaumburg, Illinois
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Another fabulous picture!
Another photo from Randi L. of this 3-family gathering
working on their activity sheets! Fayetteville, NY
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WINNING PHOTO!
Robert, Karen (N.Y.), Diana, Stephen, Wray, & Gaby (Toronto)
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WINNING PHOTO!
Grissom - Toronto, Ontario
" This is Grissom cracking into his Christmas cracker,
before he could get his hat on. He did quite enjoy the cat nip.
Grissom lives at our store ('Snug as a Bug') in Toronto and
welcomed the distraction away from the busy holiday rush."
(Note: While technically Grissom didn't
meet the contest criteria of wearing a cracker hat,
the photo was such a real winner, I just had to choose it for
a prize! ~ Gillian)
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Here are the 'cousins' again submitted by
Carol B. - Mendina, NY
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Ryan from Noel S's December Sweet 16 Party. |
WINNING PHOTO!
Krystal and Marcus from Noel S's December Sweet 16 Party, Brampton,
ON |
And,
following are some pictures taken of the crackers as decorations.
Thanks, Carol!
Noel S's December Sweet 16 Party.
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Noel S's December Sweet 16 Party.
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Customer
Cracker Traditions
"Our son and daughter are 30 and 34. We have
a tradition of opening gifts, then our crackers. We
all continue to wear our paper crowns while we take
everything out of our Christmas stockings! Our son's
fiancée says she has the most fun at our house on Christmas
mornings." ~ Donna L, California
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"We
open the crackers by two people pulling the paper
plus the popper, and the one who gets the biggest
half gets the whole cracker plus contents! Then
the one who loses pulls one with someone else until
everyone gets one...." ~ Ed
Smith, England
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"Everyone
at the Christmas Dinner table turns to the person to
their right. Each person holds on to one end of
the snapper (not the tissue - the snapper only!)
They count to 3 and pull sharply! The cracker
will snap! Everyone continues in this manner until
every cracker has been snapped. It is then time
to open the crackers laughing all the while and
enjoying the little surprises.! Everyone must
don and try to keep on their paper hats!!" |
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Billy
from Pennsylvania
2008 Winner |
GillianCrackers
