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Offer “holiday crackers” instead of candy

We’re not talking about the crackers you eat with cheese but rather the traditional British segmented-cardboard tubes wrapped in festive paper that crack or pop when guests pull the ends, revealing a joke or riddle and a small gift inside. You can buy cracker snaps (visit oldenglishcrackers.com) to create the “pop” in homemade crackers (using toilet paper rolls). Wrap them in recyclable paper.