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
Tom Baker (bowler) tour. Baker was ranked #42 on the PBA's 2008 list of "50 Greatest Players of the Last 50 Years." www.pba.com, official site of the Professional Bowlers Association and the Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour Tom Baker (bowler) Tom Baker (born September 12, 1954, Buffalo, New York) is a professional bowler on the PBA Tour and a member of the PBA Hall of Fame. He has won 10 titles on the regular PBA Tour (including one major), and 12 more on the PBA50 Tour (formerly PBA Senior Tour). He currently resides in King, North Carolina. Baker had his best pro season in