{"id":233,"date":"2008-12-04T06:59:46","date_gmt":"2008-12-04T07:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/?p=233"},"modified":"2018-01-23T16:39:46","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T16:39:46","slug":"christmas-crackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/?p=233","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Crackers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_16122\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16122\" style=\"width: 946px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16122\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/?attachment_id=16122\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/crackers2.jpg?fit=946%2C576\" data-orig-size=\"946,576\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePix A303&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.11111111111111&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"crackers2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;\u00a9 F H Powell 2008&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/crackers2.jpg?fit=798%2C486\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/crackers2.jpg?resize=798%2C486\" alt=\"miniature cracker kit from Buttercup Miniatures\" width=\"798\" height=\"486\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/crackers2.jpg?w=946 946w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/crackers2.jpg?resize=300%2C183 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/crackers2.jpg?resize=768%2C468 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/crackers2.jpg?resize=800%2C487 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 F H Powell 2008<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tom Smith of London invented the cracker in 1846. Tom had visited Paris and seen sweets wrapped in twisted tissue paper. Known to the French as a bon-bon, Smith took this idea back to London. However, their popularity was seasonal around Christmas<!--more--> time only and otherwise short lived, so Smith added a motto to the sweet as a novelty.  The motto was wrapped inside the sweet wrapper. <\/p>\n<p>Smith, when sat in front of a crackling log fire had the idea of adding a crackling noise to his bon-bon. He had to increase the size of the wrapper to accommodate the two strips of paper that when pulled apart created a chemical reaction and a bang.<\/p>\n<p>The popularity of his cracker meant that it was soon copied, so Smith replaced the sweet with a novelty gift. By the turn of the century a paper hat had been added and the cracker we know today was essentially complete.<\/p>\n<p>Why not make you dolls house Christmas go with a bang with some 1:12th scale crackers!? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Smith of London invented the cracker in 1846. 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