Crackers
Across this kingdom, countless families will settle down for their Christmas dinners on Monday afternoon. On almost every table there will be a Christmas cracker by every place setting. Inside each cracker there will be a paper hat, a small novelty gift and a little piece of paper with a joke printed upon it. There is a long tradition in Great Britain that Christmas cracker jokes should be very corny. They are not meant to elicit belly laughs. Instead they are supposed to make listeners groan or titter politely. Yes Christmas cracker jokes are rubbish and deliberately so. Here are some more examples:- What do Santa’s little helpers learn at school? The elf-abet! What does Santa suffer from if he gets stuck in a chimney? Claustrophobia! What do you get if you cross Santa with a detective? Santa Clues! What do you get if you cross a snowman with a vampire? Frostbite! What happened to the thief who stole an advent calendar? ...