Christmas cracker as rival varieties came on the market. The other elements of the modern cracker—the gifts, paper hats and varied designs—were all introduced by Tom Smith's son, Walter Smith, to differentiate his product from the rival cracker manufacturers which had suddenly sprung up. Tom Smith merged with Caley Crackers in 1953. A memorial water fountain to Tom Smith and his family stands in Finsbury Square, London. The longest Christmas cracker pulling chain consisted of 1081 people and was achieved by The Harrodian School in Barnes, London, UK, on 10 December 2015. Passengers on commercial flights in the United States are explicitly
Tom Baker (American actor) Tom Baker (American actor) Tom Baker (August 23, 1940 – September 2, 1982) was an American actor who starred in the Andy Warhol film "I, A Man" (1967). He was a close friend of Jim Morrison of The Doors. Baker was the son of Tom Baker Jr. and Ellie, military parents who retired in San Francisco. His older sister married and then divorced a well-known British Formula 1 racer. Baker started his career as a stage actor in New York City and assisted Norman Mailer in the stage adaptation of Mailer's novel "The Deer Park". Once he moved to Hollywood,