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No matter how 'luxury' cracker sets claim to be, the free present inside always ends up being about as useful as a chocolate teapot. So Tesco has joined up with the Good Gifts Catalogue to offer Christmas crackers that give a gift to charity on behalf of your guests, instead of a tacky plastic toy. The other traditional fillings are still there -- because it just wouldn't be Christmas without a silly hat and poor joke to keep everyone amused.
Each cracker in the box has a different charity gift; notebooks for schools, paraffin for lamps, tree planting, loo roll, milk for children or Penicillin. We'll all have a very comfortable Christmas in relation to some people, and these crackers are a nice way to do something to make their Christmas a little easier.
The crackers have been created with the help of the Good Gifts Catalogue, who put together a range of charity gifts such as this each year. This year they have teamed up with Tesco, so will hopefully reach an even wider audience than normal.
The Luxury Gold and Red Berry Crackers six pack costs £14.74, and can be bought online or at certain Tesco stores. As well as the gifts, £5 from each sale will be given to charity.
"We all have friends and family who every year say 'please don't get me anything' because there isn't anything they particularly need. But we don't believe them so we buy them something anyway. Well, the Good Gifts Catalogue stops the guilt and the waste," says the ever-wise Carol Vorderman.
If you don't want to buy crackers at all this year, or you already have some, then you could consider buying come Pick 'n' Mix Little Good Gifts instead. Many of the same charity gifts from the crackers are available here, coming simply as a small physical card in an envelope or an e-card. Ideal to stuff in a stocking with a few satsumas and gold chocolate coins.
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