The best Christmas crackers bring a buzz of excitement to your festive table and contain the kind of treats that your guests will want to swap and keep.
By now you've probably ordered the best toy advent calendar, chosen the best Christmas jumper for kids and maybe even started shopping for the top Christmas toys. But have you thought about crackers yet? It's never too soon because the really cracking ones (see what we did there?) tend to sell out way before December rolls into view.
But which are the best Christmas crackers for you? There's lots to choose from between the classic kind with paper hats and awful dad jokes that we love to hate, and the sparkling luxury crackers with gifts that likely cost more than some of the presents under the tree. And more recently, the sustainable kind have really taken off.
The world of crackers is a wide one in 2022; you can even find crackers for pets, and if you don't fancy a plastic puzzle or another pair of nail clippers, you can fill your own with personal gifts - so you can save the games for after your Christmas dinner.
Of course, you want all of your hard work to be appreciated on Christmas Day, and that includes the much-anticipated dinner, where the tabletop decoration is just as important as the turkey.
The best Christmas crackers look impressive, contain decent surprises, and are eco-friendly or at least recyclable. So, if the wide selection of crackers on offer daunts you, fear not. We've checked them all out and shortlisted the best from the rest below.
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