Now that it has been pointed out to me i realise that i can't recall a cracker ever being pulled in any of those American Christmas Films.
How a cardboard tube wrapped up like a present that you pull on each end to make it explode and a toy falls out escaped the American dinner table i don't know but i would have thought that mild explosives after the Turkey would go down a treat there.
Apart from the bang, you also get a joke and a small toy which if you buy cheap crackers, will be a plastic moustache, or a tiny comb or a thin piece of plastic in the shape of a fish that curls up in your hand.
How could you Americans have overlooked the idea of putting explosive gifts, under highly flammable trees which are covered in hot Christmas lights?
5 comments:
Lucy,
why would we want wimpy little pops? we just all shoot our guns in the air woooooo whoooooo haaayahhhh!
the crackers sound fun. though when you said crackers, and even by the looks of them, i imagined the small food that go good with cheese...
we also have creamed corn, and spinach with water chestnuts, and yams with brown sugar, and black eyed peas with jalopenos, and mashed potatoes with onions sauteed in butter, and pan roasted asperagus, and glazed carrots. then home made lemon ice cream, pecan pie, sugar cookies, pumpkin pie, and apple pie (with cheddar cheese - yummy).
q
I knew i should have had tea before reading your comment. Is the Cheddar Cheese a brand name or is it actually cheese from Cheddar, England? We used to go there on school trips.
i consider cheddar to be a type of cheese like edam or gouda. their are many brands. i like sharp cheddar...
tea? to reamain calm or for your digestion or both?
q
There's no Protected Designation of Origin ruling on cheddar (like there is on, say, champagne), so everyone can continue to use the word to describe their own versions, however rubbish, with alacrity.
Not that I'm saying cheddar from outside Somerset is necessarily bad... I had some nice Canadian cheddar once... and I've heard that the People's Republic of Wisconsin is where the best American cheddar comes from.
(The stuff from New Zealand isn't the best though)...
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