Christmas crackers

The Christmas cracker is a nifty British tradition totally unknown to any of us before we got here. It's a gift-wrapped little tube that snaps like a capgun when it's opened. Ours contained a paper crown, a prize like you might find in a cracker-jack box and a joke on a little slip of paper like in a fortune cookie. Nathan, looking very sharp in his school uniform, shows one moments before we popped it open. The next photo shows the contents on display.

-Dale