...and puuuulll....boooom!

1950s Christmas cracker
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Mrs Devereux and her daughter celebrate Christmas
at their home in Pinner, Middlesex, 1944
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Illustration of children pulling a cracker
from 'The Graphic Christmas', 1878
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Children pulling a Christmas cracker,
photo by John French 1962
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Oh dear! 1970s photo
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