Cheapest and most expensive Crhistmas crackers...

[Ice.Maiden]

NoveltiesGalore - Budget box of 50, for �4. 99p + vat.
Dearest - Harrods, �399 for 6!

[~max~]

OMG! What do you get in the Harrods ones???

[pastafreak]

Mwaaahhaha!!....hate to say it, but I bet the budget box is more fun!!!!

[unrulyjulie]

They show all the really expensive ones on This Morning usually! They contain gold bracelets and stuff like that!

I think i'll just be getting a fake moustache that kills your nostrils and then drops in your gravy again this year :-/

[smudge]

Harrods - how ridiculous - I would never pay any more than �4.99 for 12!

The contents usually end up in the junk drawer, or in the bin! Pulling them is just a bit of fun at the dinner table.;o}

[whiskeysheri]

Oh, is that from a cracker, Jules?! ;)

I like the cheapy ones. My grandad gets the jokes handed to him so he can read them all out... same ones every year. :)

[unrulyjulie]

yes hun it is lol ;-) I have a collection from christmas's past!

[phillipa.d]

I agree smudge, crackers keep the kids quiet long just enough for me to bring all the veg out!!

[~max~]

The jokes in the Harrods ones must be extra-special funny and come with the comedian's autograph....
The fake moustache will be made of real human hair, and the whistle will be the one used during a football world cup...or something!.

[Ice.Maiden]

Mwhahaha!! Brilliant!
The stuff that you get inside Harrods crackers are pathetic, to say what they cost. Silver-plated bits and bobs. Why couldn't they've at least put sterling silver neck chains, etc? You could buy all the gifts for far less than a box of their "luxury" things.
Worse still - you should see the price of some of their Christmas stockings!!!! : )
Or even.....how about this bauble???
http://www.harrods.com/HarrodsStore/find/k/chr istmas+decorations/p/000000000001571169

[~max~]

20 quid for ONE bauble??? lol! I bet they don't have cats! Or kids....

[Buenchico]

Thank you for advertising the products sold by my grocer (that nice Mr Al Fayed). I have purchased several boxes of the crackers you refer to (at �399 for 6) for the amusement of my menial staff.

However, my guests for Christmas dinner will, of course, be provided with a far superior product:
http://www.harrods.com/HarrodsStore/find/k/cra cker/p/000000000001586747

[~max~]

lol Chris! Do they come with a very tiny, but very real, guillotine?
Now that'd be fun!

[Buenchico]

Er, exactly which part of the human anatomy are you suggesting that small guillotine should be used on, Max?

(You've made my eyes water at the thought of it!).
:-)

[~max~]

I was thinking of cigars, CIGARS!!!! :-P

[Ice.Maiden]

Chris - I fell about when I saw those crackers! I was trying to find them, but you beat me to it!! In fact - last year, they sold some that were even MORE expensive than those!
And I agree with max - think how much it'd cost to put a couple of dozen of those baubles up - and then the cat gets them!!! they're not even very attractive in my opinion!

[Buenchico]

Hiya Icey!

There's actually no limit to the price that you can pay Harrod's for crackers. They'll provide 'one-off' crackers, containing a gift of your choice, from a starting price of �1000 per cracker.

Anyone who can afford �20 per bauble probably buys them solely as cat toys anyway!

[Barmaid]

Look, I love my cats, but they'll have rolled up bits of tin foil and like it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ice.Maiden]

Lol @ barmaid!

Blimey Chris - I didn't know you could have special crackers made!!! Must start hinting!! Grin!