The Christmas Cracker

Well Tom Smith it’s a cracker
Sugar almond twist in a wrapper
That little bon’ bon’ you discovered
Way back in eighteen forty
You painted a pretty picture
From your Paris adventure
Something to be remembered
A Christmas cracker novelty



And throwing that log on the fire
Only proved your desire
You took it one step higher
With a simple popping thing
You added a mechanism
After experimenting
And now were all celebrating
Your Christmas cracker dream



The bon’ bon’ you transformed
Is now the Christmas scene
That Christmas cracker was born
With a whistle a hat and a scream
And were sharing them around the table
At these wonderful Christmas times
Wearing hats and blowing whistles
Telling jokes and funny rhymes



You created something unique
For the whole world to share
A Christmas cracker in a wrapper
Coloured tissue paper with flare
So it’s thanks to you and your trip
As we pull these crackers now
Remembering when they go pop
What you created was a Christmas Wow



Have A Wonderful Christmas Everybody
Just A Bit of History In The Making Of Christmas



© Copyright KC.Leake
27th December 2016
All Rights Reserved

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016



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Date: 4/21/2017 4:12:00 PM
Love it, 7 for sure :)
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Date: 1/1/2017 4:34:00 PM
how wonderful to create a poem centered on this tradition of your country. (I take it you are from England?) I remember that Merry Christmas Mr. Bean show and how he explodes himself with a "cracker' at the end of it. I loved that!!
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Date: 12/28/2016 12:50:00 PM
So lovely this is :) .I really enjoyed reading it.Happy New Year Kevin.
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Kevin Leake
Date: 12/28/2016 3:02:00 PM
Thanks Charmaine, Glad you enjoyed it Have a happy new year too Best wishes Kevin
Date: 12/28/2016 2:55:00 AM
Lovely! Well written Kevin.
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Kevin Leake
Date: 12/28/2016 6:22:00 AM
Thankyou Adeniji, I appreciate your comments and read!!! Best Wishes Kevin
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