Next up is a box of Christmas crackers. For those of you unsure about what constitutes a cracker, it's essentially the cardboard tube from inside a roll of toilet paper, wrapped in colorful paper and containing a paper hat, a joke printed on a piece of paper, and some kind of gift (preferably something plastic and incredibly cheesy...like a miniature pair of maracas). A snap device is fed through the cracker so that when it is pulled apart it emits a bang. Good, clean fun that I can usually track down for about $13 a box...so you can imagine my shock when I saw the crackers below on The Conran Shop's site for $95. They're gorgeous (to the point where I couldn't bring myself to pull them apart)...hopefully stuffed with something appropriate to the increased price (though I doubt it)...and temporarily out of stock (there are obviously a lot of people who are willing to pay more than me to alleviate homesickness).
Before anyone says anything...I know...childhood regression...but isn't that what makes the holidays fun?
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Suffice it to say that I am certain my lifelong tendency towards delayed gratification stems directly from the fact that, on Christmas morning, my family actually went to Mass before we touched so much as a stocking!
ReplyDeleteI've purchased Christmas crackers in previous years from either LL Bean or Lands End. You might check their websites. They certainly for less than $95.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that you don't have crackers in the US, I just assumed everyone had them - duh! Oh, the selection box. My boyfriend's lovely dad came to visit last week and bought me a selection box from the petrol station. I was so happy!!!
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