These Are The Best Christmas Crackers For 2024
From traditional tartans to quirky prints, designs for little ones to sustainable picks these are the best Christmas crackers for 2024, sure to up your tablescaping game this festive season.
No Christmas table would be complete without the proverbial Christmas cracker and if there is anything we have learnt from Yuletides past, it’s the best ones sell out fast. 2024 is excelling in the cracker department, with an array that has never felt more fun or varied From high street favourites who have nailed luxury design at affordable prices – we’re looking at you, Søstrene Grene – to some seriously indulgent (and expensive) options if you’re hoping to recreate a Christmas table resplendent enough for royalty.
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The Best Traditional Christmas Crackers
If your interior style errs on the traditional side go for classic tartans, vintage-inspired prints, candy stripes or metallic options tied with big plump velvety bows. Top marks go to Queen of the Tablescape, Alice Naylor-Leyland AKA Mrs Alice, for her plethora of glittery crackers in different shades. Filled with the usual festive trinkets, mandatory paper party hats and a crowd-pleasing joke, they will bring some nostalgic charm to your Christmas lunch.
Top marks go to queen of the tablescape, Alice Naylor-Leyland, for her glittery crackers in different shades. They are filled with the usual festive treats like novelty hat and whimsical trinket and tied with a plump velvety bow. Perfection.
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The Best Fun Crackers
To bring a kaleidoscope of shades to your Christmas table that would give a tin of Quality Street a run for its money, go bold with colour, print, and quirky designs. We love Meri Meri’s candy-striped designs with fat velvety bows, whilst Rockett St George’s disco designs come with Studio 54-inspired slogans and some of the coolest favours we’ve seen inside.
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The Best Children’s Christmas Crackers
Bring even more magic to the big day for little ones with their own age-appropriate crackers. Meri Meri is the brand to shop if you’re after the most adorable children’s tableware – we love their quirky designs, from sweet snowmen to sausage dogs dandily dressed up in Christmas jumpers. Crack them open to find everything from animal-shaped erasers to sweet little wooden dancers.
Meri Meri is THE brand to shop for kids at Christmas.
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The Best Eco & Reusable Christmas Crackers
If you’re keen to produce less waste this Christmas, invest in some reusable crackers to bring out year after year. They do require a little more effort, but the payoff is huge as your guests will find personalised trinkets or their favourite chocolates inside. Plus, they’re even prettier than your usual paper cracker thanks to opulent velvet designs, embroidered linens and monogrammed fabrics.
For more sustainable Christmas ideas, check out our simple tips on how to have a more green Christmas.
One of our favourite interiors brands, Colours of Arley, have created a cracker that becomes a napkin and used Christmas after Christmas. In fact, we want to use them at every single dinner party.
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