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A Christmas cracker is a party favour given out at Christmas in the United Kingdom.[1][2]
Description[]
Wizard Crackers, a magical variety of Christmas crackers in the wizarding world, in contrast to Muggle ones, went off with a bang as loud as a cannon blast, enveloping everyone nearby in a cloud of blue smoke. They contain the same hat, gift, and joke as the Muggle variety, but the hats were real and the gifts are extremely unique, even peculiar.[2] Gifts found in Wizard Crackers include fancy hats, live mice, non-explodable, luminous balloons, Grow-Your-Own-Warts kits and Wizard's Chess sets.[2]
Cribbage's Wizarding Crackers were a brand of Wizard Crackers.[3]
History[]
Carlyle Bimplethorpe would wear a Christmas cracker crown all round at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, for good luck he claimed.[4]
Kevin Farrell and his father would often calculate which end of Christmas crackers to pull to get the rewards.[5]
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (First identified as Christmas cracker)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Pottermore
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
- Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
- Harry Potter: Magic Awakened
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Christmas cracker on Wikipedia
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 12 (The Mirror of Erised)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 23 (The Yule Ball)
- ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 47 (The Circle and the Crown)
- ↑ Harry Potter: Magic Awakened - Kevin's Christmas story (see this image)