Graduation Party Crackers

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Graduation Party Crackers by Elves' Best

Did you Know?

In hard times, early colleges in the U.S. were forced to accept payments 
such as cotton, sheep, pewter, and food rather than hard currency.
Most U.S. colleges were constantly on the verge of insolvency.


The first Greek student society, Phi Beta Kappa
(“Love of learning is the guide of life”)
was founded by John Heath in 1776
at the College of William and Mary.
Heath was initially declined admission in Latin-Letter fraternities.
The society chose Greek letters because Heath was the best Greek scholar on campus.

The graduation cap was initially a “hood”
and is believed to date back to the Celtic time
when Druid priests wore capes and hoods to symbolize their intelligence.
Historically, academic dress for faculty or students was clerical dress


It's thought that the practice of chucking one's cap to the heavens
at the end of the ceremony started in 1912
at the U.S. Naval Academy's graduation.
For the first time the Navy gave the newly commissioned graduates
their officers' hats at graduation,
so they no longer needed the midshipmen's caps
they'd been wearing for the past four years.
To show how pleased they were,
the new officers tossed their old headgear up in the air.
Other students heard about the practice and followed suit.

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Canada 150 Birthday party Crackers

So excited about celebrating Canada 150!

To View Elves' Best Canada 150 Crackers,
Click HERE.

Holiday Season 2015
at the Cracker Elves' Workshop!
We are so excited here at GillianCrackers to be working on our 2015 Holiday Line featuring Filled Crackers and DIY Cracker Kits!  Here are a few photos as sampling!

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for qualified businesses.
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And below are our new fun
DIY Christmas Cracker Kits

Meet the Merry Christmas Cracker Elves @ GillianCrackers!

Here is our merry band of Christmas Cracker Elves at GillianCrackers.

We work very hard to make great crackers and lots of family fun for YOU
but we also love to laugh and play - and even sing!

 

 

Christmas Crackers at GillianCrackers for the 2014 Holiday Season

Christmas Crackers

The 2014 Christmas Crackers Line-Up Page

Includes Hanukkah, Thanksgiving and New Year 2015!

Every Cracker is handmade
by our fun-loving Christmas Cracker Elves!

"Christmas Cracker" printed in the Mercury, Dec 22, 1911

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
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Christmas Cracker and Card history at the Victoria and Albert Museum

If there is one thing this Cracker Elf is determined to do before too long, it is to visit the Victoria and Albert Museum in Britain.  I would most specially love to see their historical Christmas cracker collection. Here are a few items shown on their website:

Mottoes and Jokes
Click images to visit the Victoria and Albert Museum Online.

Tom Smith’s Christmas crackers “Bank of Love”
from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Cracker contents, such as paper hats and toys 

from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

"This card is a reproduction of an 1843 card, commissioned by Sir Henry Cole, the Museum’s first director. It combines two traditional Christmas themes. The central illustration shows three generations of a family raising a toast to the recipient of the card, and the outer, less colourful images show acts of charity, and giving to the poor."

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Historical Christmas Cracker Making film footage

Two more historical cracker-making film footages
I think you might enjoy.

From 1933 "The Gentle Christmas Cracker"

And, from 1950,  "Xmas Crackers"

View at British Pathe

Our Annual Christmas Cracker Reveal & Sale is on NOW!

Our Annual Christmas Cracker Reveal & Sale 

is on now until June 20th . 

Don't miss it.
We have so many lovely treats for you this year!

Click HERE to enter the SALE SITE