or you have an appreciation for the quirks of British and Irish life, here are 9 Christmas traditions you need to adopt. Nope, we're not talking about edible crackers (we call those biscuits for ...

Christmas crackers are an essential part of the British Christmas. They were invented by Englishman Tom Smith. Tom started work at a baker's and confectioner's in London in 1830, but soon had his ...

To Americans, "crackers" are the crunchy, edible things on the cheese plate. What the British call "savoury biscuits." When they say "cracker," in the U.K., they're referring to a "Christmas cracker." ...

This Christmas season, the royal family is bonding ... Then, in a second photo, we get to see each of the four generations of British royalty preparing their own bowls. Mashable Top Stories ...

Christmas crackers - those little paper capsules containing crowns and corny jokes - have been around since Victorian times. For nations like Britain and Australia, they're as central to Christmas ...