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Soph0571
Dec 2018
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N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,593 posts)1. Merry Christmas...
Your tree is as beautiful as your photography. Hope all your Christmas wishes come true.
Soph0571
(9,685 posts)3. Happy Christmas!
And than you for such a lovely compliment
Phoenix61
(16,954 posts)2. How pretty!
I got the outside decorated then just ran out of steam.
I am in central London so I don't have an outside... I just throw literally everything at it and hope it works!
oldlibdem
(330 posts)5. what are those tubes on the tree?
Soph0571
(9,685 posts)6. They are Christmas Crackers
They will come off the tree on Christmas day to decorate the table
The Christmas Crackers that are used today are short cardboard tubes wrapped in colorful paper. There is normally a Cracker next to each plate on the Christmas dinner table. When the crackers are pulled - with a bang! - a colorful party hat, a toy or gift and a festive joke falls out! The party hats look like crowns and it is thought that they symbolise the crowns that might have been worn by the Wise Men.
[link:https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/crackers.shtml|
oldlibdem
(330 posts)7. Thank you. I never heard of that before...
Is this an English custom?
Soph0571
(9,685 posts)8. It originated in England
But these days they are common throughout the common wealth - just think, without the war of Independence you too could have a glorious tacky plastic toy come out of a Christmas cracker at your Christmas table
oldlibdem
(330 posts)9. Ok. just saw the hyperlink and read it.
very informative! Happy Christmas. ...reads about English Christmas, now I can't get The Kinks, "Father Christmas" out of my head!
Callalily
(14,885 posts)10. Beautiful tree!