One of the greatest joys of Christmas dinner is wearing a paper hat, telling terrible cracker jokes and seeing what gifts and trinkets everyone has found inside their cracker. So, to help everyone experience that quintessential Christmas party moment, we tracked down the finest party crackers and luxury crackers of 2025. The best Christmas cracker to buy depends on whether you're after something a little higher end that will be a covetable Christmas gift in itself, or something of similar price to a stocking filler that just adds a little sparkle and frivolity to the day.