Meanings
nounChristmas cracker (plural Christmas crackers)
plural Christmas crackers
- CanadaNew ZealandUKA 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.
Translations
German Knallbonbon
- Knallbonbontable decoration containing a toy
Italian petardo di Natale, petardo natalizio
- petardo di Nataletable decoration containing a toy
- petardo nataliziotable decoration containing a toy
- cosaccotable decoration containing a toy
Swedish smällkaramell
- smällkaramelltable decoration containing a toy
Welsh cracer Nadolig
- cracer Nadoligtable decoration containing a toy
Cite this entry
APA
Christmas cracker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Christmas%20cracker
MLA
“Christmas cracker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Christmas%20cracker. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Christmas cracker,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Christmas%20cracker.
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