Who buys posh crackers?

[evilharpy]

This is not intended to be goady - you'll never find me on Style & Beauty being arsey about people spending £2k+ on a handbag, and I have boxes full of overpriced Christmas decorations that come out year after year. I'm just genuinely confused on who buys posh Christmas crackers with slightly less crappy but still crappy prizes.

Examples here and here. Now obviously they are a bit nicer than the usual plastic tat you get in a box of crackers from Tesco, but apart from possibly the mini jar of jam, which will last till breakfast the next day, I can't imagine any of these prizes will be kept and treasured beyond the end of Christmas dinner. I could sort of understand it if it was something edible like fancy truffles, or something consumable like make up, or even a set of wind up racing Santas which we had one year (they were shit, they either went in circles or threw themselves off the edge of the table). And far less entertaining than a plastic fortune telling fish.

Does anyone here actually buy these?

Note on my last post, we are all adults, I wouldn't give an alcohol miniature to a child!

Last year my crackers were completely free as I made them from loo rolls covered in Christmas music DD had printed for a concert and didn't need afterwards. I filled them with alcohol miniatures they hadn't drunk from the previous year........

Definitely the mini screwdrivers!

if anyone sees crackers with those in, please post a link.

(I can't find any the same (screwdrivers) to just buy. I've tried a few sets but nah, not the same)

@evilharpy yes, if I find some that have contents I like. And don't think they ridiculously £££ I do, but I wouldn't buy the ones you put links in for.

Do you buy the 'bangs' its the smell I love.

Shamelessly going to copy your idea this Christmas, as the Hotel Chocolat ones are piss-takingly expensive and have become really sickly (caramel flavoured chocolate - bleurgh), while normal crackers are just full of landfill tat and so make me sad.

One certainly does NOT squander money here!
A equerry goes down to, well, it used to be 'good ole Woolies' but now they have gorn, it's B & M or Home Bargains.
However their paper hats are rather inferior and so we give them to the poor, and we all wear proper Crowns from the Collection and By Jove what a jolly good time we have.

I might DIY some crackers this year. Hot chocolate sachets might be a winner, not everyone drinks or is an adult. Would have to buy the snaps though, snapless crackers would be too depressing to even think about.

I had a set of those mini screwdrivers for years, they were great for tightening up loose arms on sunglasses. God knows what ever happened to them!

I thought you meant crackers for cheese and was about to come in with outrage 😂 but I do actually agree with you about table crackers, I don’t buy them at all hence it not even occurring to me what you meant!

Me. Well I buy poshish ones at least. But I buy them on January and keep them.

I’ve order alcohol miniature ones for this year from a local shop - you choose the miniature and each is named so you can get the drink they actually like, even putting non alcoholic posh soft drink into the two non drinkers

im planning to buy crackers with tiny bottles of gin which my guests will enjoy for £15 and also buy cheap crackers with the usual joke and hat

I don’t buy crackers, I find the waste of paper and plastic dreadful

So did I.. my fat ass has never clicked on a thread so fast, hoping to find some new posh crackers that someone's discovered!

I did get some fancier more expensive crackers about ten year’s ago (maybe about £30 at the time) and they were just as crap as the cheapies. It wasn’t as much plastic but it was still useless novelty stuff. Have never bought pricier ones since and don’t buy them at all now.

Those ones are the worst if all worlds - expensive tat. At least cheap tat is 3 minutes of fun at low expense and expensive but nice - like good chocolate or booze or something like a puzzle/game/race is actually worth it. £50 for an unusable cheese grater and what looks like maybe plant labels and a wooden honey whirligig that will be tossed straight in the bin is pointless. £8 each in cash would be more fun.

I buy diy ones and then buy my own gifts to go inside. Thinks like little nail varnishes / lip balm / mini aftershave / pens / golf balls etc.

www.dunelm.com/product/pack-of-6-woodland-hares-make-your-own-crackers-1000245876

I'm not sure which is more extreme, buying £45 crackers or planning at this level of detail in OCTOBER,.

Sorry, feel free to derail it and talk about cheese and chutney type crackers though, I am always interested in those!

Sarah Raven is missing such a trick there though, why not put tiny packets of seeds or a bulb in? I’d love that 😁

I’ve never bought really posh crackers. I’ve bought mid range ones before but they’re still tat. I might make some this year.

I was staggered at the Astrid & Miyu crackers for £55 each! Containing a tiny piece of gold plated (!) jewellery 😱. The profit margins must be astronomical!

People buy them as table dressing, not for the contents

no we don’t bother with the bangs although I do like the smell

Ha! Those crackers are cheap compared to these...
https://www.fortnumandmason.com/fortnums-the-regal-crackers-set-of-6?gclsrc=aw.ds&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Pmax+-+Christmas+Advents+&+Decorations&utm_term=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21865677765&gbraid=0AAAAADpHNw2Akt-9hEJUh-Bql-2ZZ5H5K&gclid=Cj0KCQjw6bfHBhDNARIsAIGsqLjb0ItDO8-5f5PTlRpH38n7p6QE9oiV3WGFlfUbUc-WazXbrXdc3E4aAgwjEALw_wcB

No, I shall not be purchasing them.

The main reason I don’t buy them is because they ruin the aesthetic of my Christmas table.