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
Wedding Cake House (Kennebunk, Maine) public for the first time by current owners Jimmy Barker and Kenneth W Douglas as a fund-raiser for Hurricane Katrina relief. Unfortunately, the house's prominent trim and details have rotted and fallen apart due to harsh winters (2015). Since that time the noted historic Gothic trim has continued to decay and is now about to collapse. (2018). Wedding Cake House (Kennebunk, Maine) Once called the "most photographed house in the state" of Maine, the Wedding Cake House, known formally as the George W. Bourne House, is a historic house located at 104 Summer Street in Kennebunk, Maine. The home was