The Best Christmas Crackers for 2026 (and How to Fill Your Own)
Christmas crackers are the one thing on the table everyone touches, and the one thing most people buy on the day before, in a panic, from the supermarket. This year do it properly. These are the Christmas crackers we are putting on our own tables in 2026, including the ones you fill yourself. 🎄
All of the Meri Meri crackers below have a proper snap, a paper hat, a joke and a small gift inside, and they are made from recyclable paper rather than foil. Six to a box.
The Liberty Christmas crackers 🎀
The Meri Meri x Liberty Velvet Bow Christmas Crackers x 6 are the ones for the main table. Liberty print paper, a real velvet bow on each one, and the gift inside is worth keeping. At £45.99 for six they are not cheap, but one box does Christmas dinner, and people genuinely take the bows home.
The crackers for the children's table 🦌
Three to choose from, all £30.99 for six. The Santa, Reindeer & Tree Christmas Crackers x 6 are shaped - a Santa, a reindeer and a tree, two of each - and they are the ones the children will fight over. The Reindeer In Car Christmas Crackers x 6 have a reindeer driving a little red car with a tree on the roof, which is as sweet as it sounds. The Candy Cane Shape Christmas Crackers x 6 are red and white striped and bend like a candy cane, and they look wonderful laid across a plain white plate.
Fill your own Christmas crackers ✂️
If you have ever been disappointed by what is inside a cracker, this is the answer. The White Christmas Fill Your Own Crackers x 6 from Hootyballoo come flat, with the snaps and hats, and you fill them yourself - £7.99 for six. What to put inside is the fun bit.
| For | What to put inside |
|---|---|
| Children | A sheet from the Christmas Shaped Stickers x 25, one of the Jolly Christmas Hair Clips x 8, a festive bow tattoo |
| Grown-ups | A porcelain wishbone from East of India, a lottery ticket, a chocolate coin |
| Everyone | A handwritten joke, a photo from the year, the name of who does the washing up |
Fill them the night before, tie them with the ribbon from the box, and put one on each plate with a velvet bow place card on top.
The cracker alternative: surprise balls 🎁
The Velvet Bow Surprise Balls x 6 are the thing that has replaced crackers on a lot of Christmas tables this year. A ball of crepe paper with a velvet bow, and as you unwind it little gifts fall out - a charm, a sticker, a paper crown. No snap, no mess, and they look like baubles on the table until pudding.
How many Christmas crackers do you need? 🔢
One per person plus two. Somebody always pulls one at the wrong moment, and somebody always turns up with a plus one. A box of six does a family table; two boxes does Christmas Day with grandparents.
Shop Christmas crackers 🛒
All of these are in our Christmas Crackers collection. Meri Meri crackers come in once a year and the Liberty ones in particular do not come back, so order by the end of November to be safe. Free UK delivery over £40 and next-day delivery on everything in stock.
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