Christmas crackers are an essential part of the British Christmas. They were invented by Englishman Tom Smith. Tom started ... the 1840s he came across sweets sold in tissue paper with a twist ...
Christmas crackers are an essential part of the British Christmas. They were invented by Englishman Tom Smith. Tom started ... the 1840s he came across sweets sold in tissue paper with a twist ...
Tom Smith, an enterprising baker in London's East End, invented the Christmas cracker over 150 years ago. Our collections contain some of the earliest examples of this popular paper novelty. The ...
Crackers came about because confectioner Tom Smith needed a ... keen to increase their sales. For children, the rise of mass production meant that toys as Christmas gifts were now marketed to ...
We're talking about pulling a Christmas cracker! The tradition dates back to Victorian times when in the 1840s London-based confectioner and baker Tom Smith brought ... to boost sales he added ...
Christmas crackers are a ... who revealed they don't typically open a cracker on Christmas Day. Crackers were invented in the 19th century by Tom Smith, a baker who set up shop in Clerkenwell ...