KILLJOY bin bosses want to put an end to Christmas crackers and wrapping paper because they’re damaging to the environment. Barmy business chiefs reckon families should “use their imagination… ...

CHRISTMAS crackers and posh, shiny wrapping paper should be banned over the festive period, an eco-warrior expert has warned. Single-use items like crackers are an “appalling waste” of money ...

8-Pack No-Pop Plaid Christmas Crackers ($21) Amazon This set of Christmas crackers comes highly recommended on Amazon, with the only catch being they don’t pop.

Christmas crackers date back to the mid-1800s, when a London confectioner named Tom Smith first began adding paper mottos (originally short love poems) into packets of sugared almonds that he sold ...

Kraft is using its cream cheese shortage as a marketing opportunity. For just a few days this holiday season, a limited number of people will be able to spend $20 on dessert and charge it to Kraft ...

Tom Smith first came up with the idea of Christmas crackers (Picture: Getty) They were first pulled in 1845-1850 and were made by a London sweet maker called Tom Smith.

Earlier this year, Woolworths was slammed for selling a box of “deluxe” Christmas bon bons, containing bizarre prizes such as a paperclip and a spring at a whopping $15 for six paper crackers.

Kraft Foods Inc. says it will more than double the amount of whole grain in many of its Nabisco crackers, becoming the latest food maker to respond to consumer and health advocates' demands for ...