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Xmas crackers – szókincsfejlesztés, karácsonyi viccek

Gáspár Moncsi — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 23:47:13 +0000

Christmas crackers are a traditional Christmas favorite in the UK. They were first made in about 1845-1850 by a London sweet maker called Tom Smith. He had seen the French ‘bon bon’ sweets (almonds wrapped in pretty paper) on a visit to Paris in 1840. He came back to London and tried selling sweets like that in England and also included a small motto or riddle in with the sweet. But they didn’t sell very well.

In 1861 Tom Smith launched his new range of what he called ‘Bangs of Expectation’!

Legend says that, one night, while he was sitting in front of his log fire, he became very interested by the sparks and cracks coming from the fire. Suddenly, he thought what a fun idea it would be, if his sweets and toys could be opened with a crack when their fancy wrappers were pulled in half.

However, looking into the history of the Tom Smith company, it’s thought that Tom actually bought the recipe for the small cracks and bangs in crackers from a fireworks company called Brock’s Fireworks. The story of him sitting by the fire was probably added to help sell his new items.

Crackers were also nicknamed called ‘cosaques’ and were thought to be named after the ‘Cossack’ soldiers who had a reputation for riding on their horses and firing guns into the air.

When Tom died, his expanding cracker business was taken over by his three sons, Tom, Walter and Henry. Walter introduced the hats into crackers and he also traveled around the world looking for new ideas for gifts to put in the crackers. The crowns might have been inspired from Epiphany cakes from Europe which are often decorated with a paper crown on the top.

The company built up a big range of ‘themed’ crackers. There were ones for bachelors and spinsters (single men and women), where the gifts were things like false teeth and wedding rings! There were also crackers for Suffragettes (women who campaigned to get women the vote), war heroes and even Charlie Chaplain! Crackers were also made for special occasions like Coronations. The British Royal Family still has special crackers made for them today!

Very expensive crackers were made such as the ‘Millionaire’s Crackers’ which contained a solid silver box with a piece of gold and silver jewerly inside it!

Cracker manufacturers also made large displays, such as horse drawn carriages and sleighs, for the big shops in London.

The Christmas Crackers that are used today are short cardboard tubes wrapped in colorful paper. There is normally a Cracker next to each plate on the Christmas dinner table. When the crackers are pulled – with a bang! – a colorful party hat, a toy or gift and a festive joke falls out! The party hats look like crowns and it is thought that they symbolise the crowns that might have been worn by the Wise Men.

source: whychristmas.com

Egészítsd ki a Christmas Cracker-ekben található vicceket a megadott opciók alapján.
source: Christmas Jokes, whychristmas.com

useful information:

nickel – (in the US and Canada) a coin worth five cents
soot – a black powder composed mainly of carbon, produced when coal, wood, etc. is burned
to soothe – to make someone feel calm or less worried:
to wrap – to cover or surround something with paper, cloth, or other material
platform shoes – a style of shoe with a very thick high sole (= bottom part)
clue – a sign or some information that helps you to find the answer to a problem, question, or mystery
crisp – hard enough to be broken easily
Kris Kringle – Santa Claus
source: Cambridge Dictionary

Poénos Mikulás :)

dr. Bülgözdi Imola — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 07:03:48 +0000

Santa jokes – Find the punchlines.

Question	Answer
1. What would a reindeer do if it lost its tail?	a) North Polish.
2. What’s red & white and red & white and red & white?	b) “Wrap” music!
3. Why is Christmas just like another day at the office?	c) At a Ho-ho-tel.
4. Where does Santa stay when he’s on holidays?	d) Because they have low elf esteem.
5. What nationality is Santa Claus?	e) Santa rolling down a hill!
6. What do you call someone who doesn’t believe in Father Christmas?	f) Subordinate Clauses
7. How much did Santa pay for his sleigh?	g) A rebel without a Claus.
8. What kind of music do elves like best?	h) Nothing, it was on the house.
9. What happens if you accidentally eat a Christmas decoration?	i) Claustrophobic
10. Why are elves so depressed?	j) You do all the work and the fat guy with the suit gets all the credit!
11. What do you call people who are afraid of Santa Claus?	k) Go to a “re-tail” shop for a new one.
12. What do you call Santa’s helpers?	l) You get “Tinsel”-itis!

answers: 1-k 2-e 3-j 4-c 5-a 6-g 7-h 8-b 9-l 10-d 11-i 12-f

Szilveszteri viccek – találd meg a poént!

dr. Bülgözdi Imola — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 22:26:45 +0000

NEW YEAR’S EVE JOKES

Find the missing words to complete the jokes.

a) guests	d) jogging	g) quit	j) buying
b) blocking	e) husband	h) happened	k) embarrassing
c) haven’t	f) although	i) happily	l) pub

Q: What do you tell someone you didn’t see at New Year’s Eve?
A: I 1 ……………….. seen you for a year!

Q: What 2 ……………….. to the Irish man who thought about the evils of drinking in the New Year?
A: He gave up thinking.

Q: What’s the problem with 3 ……………….. on New Year’s Eve?
A: The ice falls out of your drinks!

New Year’s Eve

On New Year’s Eve, Marilyn stood up in the local 4 ……………….. and said that it was time to get ready.

At the stroke of midnight, she wanted every 5 ……………….. to be standing next to the one person who made his life worth living. Well, it was kind of 6 ………………… As the clock struck, the bartender was almost crushed to death.

New Year’s Eve party
The New Year’s Eve party had turned into a regular marathon with numerous 7 ……………….. coming and going. At one point, a man knocked on the door, was greeted heartily 8 ……………….. no one knew who he was, and was led to the bar in the basement.
He sat there 9 ……………….. for a couple of hours before a strange light dawned on his face. “You know,” he confided to his host: “I wasn’t even invited to this party. I just came over to tell you that some of your guests’ cars are 10 ……………….. my driveway.”
The guest continued: “My wife’s been sitting out in the car waiting for me to get them moved.”

New Year Resolution

A friend asks his friend for a cigarette. His friend says, “I think you made a New Year resolution to 11 ……………….. smoking.”

The man says, “I am in the process of quitting. Right now, I am in the middle of phase one.”

“What’s phase one? asked his friend.

“I’ve quit 12 ………………...”

answers:
1-c 2-h 3-d 4-l 5-e 6-k 7-a 8-f 9-I 10-b 11-g 12-j

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Snow jokes

dr. Bülgözdi Imola — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 10:36:38 +0000

Snowmen jokes

1. Why does it take longer to build a blonde snowman than a regular one?	a) You wake up wet!
2. What do snowmen eat for lunch?	b) Chill-dren.
3. How do you know if there’s a snowman in your bed?	c) A snowmobile.
4. What do you call an old snowman?	d) You have to hollow out the head.
5. What do snowmen call their offspring?	e) Water.
6. How does a snowman get to work?	f) To snowballs.
7. What do you call a snowman on roller blades?	g) Icebergers!
8. Where do snowmen go to dance?	h) By icicle.

Maine Temperature Conversion Chart

The state of Maine (USA) has quite a reputation for being very cold. To get a feel for it, complete the chart with the missing words. (Don’t forget that temperatures are given in Fahrenheit so zero degrees in the table are -17.7 Celsius. 1 Celsius = 1.8 Fahrenheit If you want to work out the rest of the temperatures, you can use an online converter.)

cease	distilled	disintegrates	cars
shiver	cows	landlords	sweatshirt
atomic	winter coats	gardens	postpone

Maine Temperature Conversion Chart

60 above zero	New Yorkers try to turn on the heat….	People in Maine plant 1 ……………….. .
50 above zero	Californians 2 ……………….. uncontrollably…….	People in Maine sunbathe.
40 above	Italian 3 ……………….. won’t start…..	People in Maine drive with the windows down.
32 above	4 ……………….. water freezes…..	Moosehead Lake’s water gets thicker
20 above	Floridians wear coats, gloves and woolly hats…..	People in Maine throw on a 5 ……………….. .
15 above	New York 6 ……………….. finally turn up the heat….	People in Maine have the last cook-out before it gets cold.
zero degrees	People in Miami 7 ……………….. to exist….	Mainers lick the flagpole.
-20 below	Californians fly away to Mexico….	People in Maine get out their 8 …………………
-40 below	Hollywood 9 ………………..	The girl scouts in Maine begin selling cookies door to door.
-60 below	Polar bears begin to evacuate Antarctica	Maine’s Boy Scouts 10 ……………….. “Winter Survival” classes until it gets cold enough.
-80 below	Mt. St. Helen’s freezes…	People in Maine go ice skating or skiing.
-297 below	Microbial life survives only	11 ……………….. in Maine complain of farmers with cold hands
-460 below	ALL 12 ……………….. motion stops…..	People in Maine start saying…”Cold ’nuff for ya?”

answers

Snowmen 1-d 2-g 3-a 4-e 5-b 6-h 7-c 8-f
Maine 1-gardens 2-shiver 3- cars 4-distilled 5- sweatshirt 6-landlords 7-cease 8-winter coats 9-disintegrates 10-postpone 11-cows 12-atomic

Viccek iskolakezdésre

dr. Bülgözdi Imola — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 11:35:07 +0000

School jokes

Match the first line of the joke with the punchline.

1. Why did the student throw his watch out of the school window?	a) Because she couldn’t control her pupils.
2. What is Grammar?	b) Son: Not enough, I have to go back again tomorrow.
3. Why did the cross-eyed teacher lose her job?	c) Because they’re all in high school.
4. What did one math book say to the other?	d) Spelling.
5. Mom: What did you learn in school?	e) The going bit is fine, as is the coming home bit too, but I’m not too keeen on the time in-between.
6. Why did the teacher write the lesson on the windows?	f) Lots of blood tests!
7. Why don’t you see giraffes in elementary school?	g) He wanted to see time fly.
8. Father: How do you like going to school?	h) He wanted the lesson to be very clear!
9. What do you get when you cross a teacher and a vampire?	i) Don’t bother me, I’ve got my own problems!
10. What school subject is a witch good at?	j) The difference between knowing your shit and knowing you’re shit.

answers: 1-g 2-j 3-a 4-i 5-b 6-h 7-c 8-e 9-f 10-d

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Őszbúcsúztató viccek

dr. Bülgözdi Imola — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 05:31:56 +0000

Complete the jokes with the words in the table for a good laugh.

a) queen	e) leaves	i) Thanksgiving Day
b) coach	f) another	j) couple
c) cloud	g) sign up	k) raindrop
d) fix	h) naked	l) autumn

Q: What did one autumn leaf say to 1 ………………?
A: I’m falling for you.

Q: How do you 2 ……………… a broken pumpkin?
A: With a pumpkin patch.

Q: What did one 3 ……………… say to the other?
A: Two’s company, three’s a cloud.

Q: What is a 4 ………………’s favourite kind of precipitation?
A: Reign!

Q: What does a 5 ……………… wear under his raincoat?
A: Thunderwear!

Art Gallery

A 6 ……………… goes to an art gallery. They find a picture of a 7 ……………… woman with only her privates covered with 8 ………………. The wife doesn’t like it and moves on but the husband keeps looking. The wife asks: "What are you waiting for?" The husband replies: "9 ………………."

The football-playing turkey

The pro football team had just finished their daily practice session when a large turkey came strutting onto the field. While the players gazed in amazement, the turkey walked up to the head 10 ……………… and demanded a try-out. Everyone stared in silence as the turkey caught pass after pass and ran right through the defensive line. When the turkey returned to the sidelines, the coach shouted, "You’re terrific!!! 11 ……………… for the season, and I’ll see to it that you get a huge bonus."

"Forget the bonus," the turkey said, "All I want to know is, does the season go past 12 ………………?"

answers: 1-f 2-d 3-k 4-a 5-c 6-j 7-h 8-e 9-l 10-b 11-g 12-i

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