These Christmas Crackers Will Start Your Holiday With a Bang

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Don't you love trying Christmas traditions from all across the globe? A good example is the German tradition of gift giving on Christmas Eve which inspired Christmas Eve boxes here in America. Here's another: Christmas crackers, little decorated cardboard cylinders filled with a joke, a paper hat, and treats that originated in Victorian England. These fun little items have been making their way across the pond, and we love all the fun options you can now find here in the United States.

While the goodies inside are often inexpensive trinkets, the best luxury Christmas crackers include high-end fragrances, lotions, and other luxe gifts. We've included both traditional and luxury items here, but no matter the little present, they're all so festive and so fun! That, of course, is the best part of holiday traditions! Just think about decking the halls with holiday scented candles, kitchen decorations, and decorating the Christmas tree. They're all a part of what makes Christmas, well, Christmas.

So, if your family has been including Christmas crackers in your holiday traditions for years, we think you should keep it up! And if this is your first time learning about them, you should definitely get extra festive this year and add them to your holiday festivities—especially if you plan on hosting. Plus, they make great stocking stuffers for the family! Another great part of luxury Christmas crackers: the extra Christmas décor they add to your home as everyone patiently waits to pop them open. What could be better?

Le Cracker de Noel Tea Collection

These crackers aren't just filled with tea―they're filled with gourmet teas of all different flavors like Christmas spice, pumpkin chai, English breakfast, and more. What's more is that each bag is a festive shape, too, like a snowman and a penguin!

Hug & Squeeze Hand Balm Crackers

Everyone gets dry skin during the winter. Why not give them something they'll love to use? Each of these five crackers contains a different scent of creamy hand balm to soothe skin.

Craft Couture Christmas Crackers

If you've got a group of adults and they love cocktails, splurge on this pick! Each of the six gorgeously wrapped crackers contains a unique cocktail stirrer that they'll surely use all season.

A&G Nutcracker Ballet Holiday Cracker Bath Fizzers

Holidays can be stressful. You know what's needed? A cozy bath to unwind! This pack of four features characters from The Nutcracker and each is filled with a fizzy bath bomb.

The Giant Christmas Popcorn Cracker

Go big or go home! If that's how you like to celebrate, then pop open this extra large cracker. It's full of treats enough to feed six, including award-winning gourmet caramel popcorn.

Robin Reed Racing Gingerbread Crackers

Kiddos and adults alike will have a whole lot of festive fun with this adorable set of six. Pull them open and reveal the wind-up racing gingerbreads! The pack also contains a race track. Friendly competition anyone?

Beauty Works Restore and Shine Beauty Cracker

For the haircare inclined out there, you're going to hope you get the gifts inside this Christmas cracker. The three-piece set includes a blow dry crème, and argan serum, and a 10-in-1 spray to replenish and protect your hair with one simple spray.

Fortnum's 1707 Crackers

Talk about delicious! You and your guests will be amazed at the little gifts found here. Each cracker contains a paper crown, a joke, a recipe from a renowned cookbook, and a small kitchen utensil to go with it.

Sur La Table Nutcracker Crackers

This vibrant set made to look like jolly nutcrackers is right up Ree's alley! Did you know she collects the festive figurines? Along with the cute design, the crackers will snap open to reveal a small gift for family and friends to enjoy.

Lil' Eco Christmas Crackers

If you're after an eco-friendly version of this entertaining holiday tradition, look no further! Every paper cracker contains a hat, joke, and one of six gifts: scented tealight, shampoo bar or soap, pea-shoot seeds, coffee bag, mini twine, or wildflower seedballs.

This Works Soothe & Sleep Duo Christmas Cracker

Visions of sugarplums will surely be dancing in your head if you crack open this option that's filled with two travel-sized products including deep sleep pillow spray and a stress check spray—both enriched with lavender, camomile, and vetivert oils to help soothe and calm your mind.

Slip Abbey Cracker Gift Set

Get ready to pamper your guests—or yourself! We won't judge! The delightful set of five silk scrunchies in a variety of fun prints and colors is presented in a novelty cracker that's just as fabulous as it is functional.

Silver Signature Christmas Party Crackers

You can set the table and the tone with these classic Christmas crackers made with an assortment of prizes such as a keychain, micro screwdriver, necklace, bottle opener, shot glass, nail clippers, dice, measuring spoons, or cufflinks.

Fortnum's Christmas Truffles Crackers

Here's a delectable addition to your holiday setup! Not only are the crackers beautifully decorated with big red bows and placed in a striking box, but each one contains a traditional paper crown, a joke, and a Pink Marc de Champagne Truffle drum. Yum!

Floris Mulberry Fig Eau de Parfum Cracker

With a gold and blue festive design and satin ribbons, it's almost too pretty to pull. But we have a feeling you'll love the fruity and floral fragrance hidden inside this cracker.

Margaret Dabbs Christmas Crackers Beauty Set

Filled with fan favorite serums, oils, and creams from Margaret Dabbs London, everyone around the table will be thrilled to see what theirs holds. Better yet, the simple gold and white packaging will look great with your decorations.

Neuhaus Large Holiday Cracker Box

These might just be the sweetest Christmas crackers you can find! Everyone will be excited to pop open the collection of individually wrapped chocolates—complete with festive packaging.

North Pole Friends Christmas Crackers

The kids will get a kick out of these festively fun crackers! Not only are the Santa, reindeer, and elf designs too cute, they also contain exciting items like wooden spinners, crayons, bouncy balls, and cookie cutters.

Whisky and Gin Christmas Crackers

You'll certainly entertain your guests this holiday season when you pull out these Christmas crackers. An assortment of fine spirits from whiskey and gin to rum can be found inside.

Meri Meri Christmas Tree Crackers

O Christmas tree! How lovely are thy... goodies? These beautifully decorated crackers will look so pretty on your table. They contain traditional trinkets like hats and jokes.

Holly Christmas Crackers

You'll definitely have a holly jolly Christmas with this cracker set featuring goodies like a mini grater, honey dipper, and jam jar. The traditional look makes them great with any holiday décor.

Nutcracker Christmas Crackers

This cute nutcracker decorated set of Christmas crackers gets you more bang for your buck. After they are all opened, they form a game where you race the nutcrackers inside!

Robin Reed Twinkle Star Crackers

What's on the outside matters just as much as the treats inside these Christmas crackers. If your Christmas crackers are going to be a part of your table setting, just make sure they don't clash. These silver ones are classic!

'Twas the Night Christmas Crackers

For $35, you can get a set of 12 'Twas the Night Before Christmas-themed crackers. The white and red Santa and Christmas tree decorated papers make them super festive.

Joanna Buchanan Luxury Holiday Crackers

These luxury holiday crackers are super chic, and they have all sorts of fun treats in them. The best part is that they're wrapped in an ambiguous print so you can use them outside of Christmas celebrations, too.

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