Christmas cracker tradition of wearing festive hats is believed to date back to Roman times and the Saturnalia celebrations, which also involved decorative headgear. Christmas crackers are also associated with Knut's parties, held in Sweden at the end of the Christmas season. The "Oxford English Dictionary" records the use of "cracker bonbons" and the pulling of "crackers" from 1847. Tradition tells of how Tom Smith of London invented crackers in 1847. He created the crackers as a development of his bon-bon sweets, which he sold in a twist of paper (the origins of the traditional sweet-wrapper). As sales of bon-bons slumped, Smith
Mira Ann Smith (#187 on the Billboard 200). In 1969, Riley recorded the Smith and Lewis songs “There Never Was a Time” (#5 on Hot Country Songs), “The Rib” (#32 on Hot Country songs), “Things Go Better With Love” (#142 on Billboard 200), and “Wedding Cake” for her album "Things Go Better With Love". (Plantation Records, #PLP-3). "Wedding Cake" was also recorded by Connie Francis, (MGM, 1969), Connie Smith (RCA Victor, 1969), and Linda Martell (Plantation Records, 1970). Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner also recorded a duet of, "There Never Was A Time" for their RCA Records album, "Always, Always" (1969) On March