"Christmas cracker" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Christmas cracker.wav Forms: Christmas crackers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Christmas cracker (plural Christmas crackers)
  1. (British, Canada, New Zealand) A table decoration, in the form of a large paper sweet wrapper, constructed around a cardboard tube typically containing a paper hat, silly joke and a small novelty or toy; a pair of people pull the ends of the cracker causing an embedded device to make a crack sound as the cracker breaks in two and the contents are released. Wikipedia link: Christmas cracker Tags: British, Canada, New-Zealand Categories (topical): Christmas Translations (table decoration containing a toy): Knallbonbon [masculine, neuter] (German), petardo di Natale [masculine] (Italian), cosacco [masculine] (Italian), smällkaramell [common-gender] (Swedish), cracer Nadolig [masculine] (Welsh)

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