The Magic Christmas Cracker.

[real mad hatter]

Good Morning Everyone.Today I ask you which restaurant at WDW would you love to have your Xmas dinner at? And here's the bonus question.When you pull your Xmas cracker what surprise would you like to find in it.I would pick somewhere Ive never been,but hope to dine on my next visit.Artist Point at WL. And inside my cracker I find a ticket for one nights stay in the Cinderella castle suite.

 

[coachwnh]

Our kids picked Chef Mickeys for a christmas brunch this year, our first Christmas in WDW!!

 

[rufio]

What is a Christmas cracker?

 

[SirLink]

What is a Christmas cracker?

Our, UK, tradition - I believe other commonwealth countries also use them.

 

[rufio]

Our, UK, tradition - I believe other commonwealth countries also use them.

But what are they?

 

[zurgandfriend]

But what are they?

A Christmas cracker looks like a big tootsie roll, you pull the ends and it "cracks" when it opens there is a prize inside and usually a hat or crown of sorts. It is part of the Christmas tradition done at the end of the Christmas meal in the UK. I have seen them for sale in the US at Williams Sanoma Stores.

 

[rufio]

A Christmas cracker looks like a big tootsie roll, you pull the ends and it "cracks" when it opens there is a prize inside and usually a hat or crown of sorts. It is part of the Christmas tradition done at the end of the Christmas meal in the UK. I have seen them for sale in the US at Williams Sanoma Stores.

Oh! Thanks for explaining! I'm over here in North Carolina picturing a saltine wearing a Santa hat...

 

[real mad hatter]

But what are they?

Hold the phone, You don't have Christmas pudding,now you don't have Christmas crackers.Leave this with me and I'll get it sorted right away..E-Mail to the White House..Dear Mr Obama,please get Santa to deliver one dozen Christmas crackers and a medium sized cherry brandy Xmas pudding to all WDW members...yours truly..The real mad hatter..

 

[taz0162]

I was thinking it was more like a fortune cookie but thanks for clearing it up. as for us Christmas Eve at Cinderellas Royal Table for Christmas Eve and Ohana for Christmas Day. I look forward to receiving my dozen Christmas crackers and medium sized cherry brandy Xmas pudding. Thanks Real Mad Hatter.

 

[real mad hatter]

I was thinking it was more like a fortune cookie but thanks for clearing it up. as for us Christmas Eve at Cinderellas Royal Table for Christmas Eve and Ohana for Christmas Day. I look forward to receiving my dozen Christmas crackers and medium sized cherry brandy Xmas pudding. Thanks Real Mad Hatter.

Phew! For a moment there I thought you said Obama for Christmas Day

 

[zurgandfriend]

Hold the phone, You don't have Christmas pudding,now you don't have Christmas crackers.Leave this with me and I'll get it sorted right away..E-Mail to the White House..Dear Mr Obama,please get Santa to deliver one dozen Christmas crackers and a medium sized cherry brandy Xmas pudding to all WDW members...yours truly..The real mad hatter..

Yes the US has many different Christmas traditions from those in the UK. Many of ours are regional or based on our heritage. One half of my heritage is Italian the other half is Native American so I’m Sioux-sillian, but I digress. Growing up there was Christmas Eve tradition on the Italian side of my family where seven different seafood dishes were served for dinner. On Christmas day the meal was always ravioli followed by prime rib, go figure.

 

[sgtmgd]

Hold the phone, You don't have Christmas pudding,now you don't have Christmas crackers.Leave this with me and I'll get it sorted right away..E-Mail to the White House..Dear Mr Obama,please get Santa to deliver one dozen Christmas crackers and a medium sized cherry brandy Xmas pudding to all WDW members...yours truly..The real mad hatter..

Make sure the first one goes to Mitt Romney..he can use some good cheer

 

[real mad hatter]

Yes the US has many different Christmas traditions from those in the UK. Many of ours are regional or based on our heritage. One half of my heritage is Italian the other half is Native American so I’m Sioux-sillian, but I digress. Growing up there was Christmas Eve tradition on the Italian side of my family where seven different seafood dishes were served for dinner. On Christmas day the meal was always ravioli followed by prime rib, go figure.

Cool story..If memory serves me right Sitting Bull was a Sioux.

 

[taz0162]

I did have my sister make Figgie Pudding a couple years ago (she asked what I wanted her to bring and it's in a Christmas song but no one knew what it was before hand <Its more like a heavy bread>) but generaaly no Christmas pudding here either. Cookies, cake, pies for us here in the midwest US.

 

[real mad hatter]

Make sure the first one goes to Mitt Romney..he can use some good cheer

No problem.Better make that a extra large pudding and a extra,extra,large cracker.

 

[sgtmgd]

Thats a fantastic question Hatter. It wouldnt really matter to me where I ate at Disney on Xmas...beacuase I was at Disney with all my loved ones....It would probably be a signature....(no need to mention my favorite) but any would do. A night in the Castle would be amazing...Im also intrigued by the Dinner on the Tower of Terror Terrace..but we are also very big SYFY/Horror fans..

 

[real mad hatter]

I did have my sister make Figgie Pudding a couple years ago (she asked what I wanted her to bring and it's in a Christmas song but no one knew what it was before hand <Its more like a heavy bread>) but generaaly no Christmas pudding here either. Cookies, cake, pies for us here in the midwest US.

Well a Figgy ( correct spelling ) is like a Christmas pudding,except its filled with Figs,hence the name Figgy.

 

[zurgandfriend]

Cool story..If memory serves me right Sitting Bull was a Sioux.

Don't get me started, the real name for the tribe is Lakota, Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa, Crazy Horse was Oglala, there were 10 diffent tribes of the Lakota Nation. The word Sioux came from French Canadian trappers.

 

[taz0162]

Well a Figgy ( correct spelling ) is like a Christmas pudding,except its filled with Figs,hence the name Figgy.

the recipe my sister used made it more like a heavy bread that you had to slice. It was similat to in density to fruit cake. Very heavy and thick.

 

[taz0162]

the recipe my sister used made it more like a heavy bread that you had to slice. It was similat to in density to fruit cake. Very heavy and thick.

don't get me wrong it tasted good and everyone liked it but one piece was enough for everyone.