Categories for Tom Smith Treasure Hunt

More Tom Smith Treasures Uncovered

A few years ago, we began collecting historic Tom Smith Crackers in our Tom Smith ‘Treasure Hunt’. Most recently we received the most wonderful letter and package from a Mrs Shepherd with some truly fabulous treasures inside. Below are some gorgeous pictures of the 1950s crackers with beautiful festive details. These highly decorative crackers were in […]

Tom Smith and Sherlock Holmes in 1891

This week we were thrilled to make an incredible discovery while we were delving into Tom Smith’s history! We were doing a little detective work into mentions of Tom Smith and the history of Christmas Crackers during Victorian times. The game was afoot – and to our delight and surprise, we found the December 1891 […]

A Clown Cracker joins the Tom Smith Treasure Hunt

Recently, we were delighted to receive this beautiful Tom Smith cracker, in pristine condition, from Jill Wood. Her grandmother sadly passed away at the great age of 97, and Jill found it in her loft, and got in touch with us to see if we would like to add it to the Tom Smith Archive. […]

Tom Smith Treasure Hunt Begins

For 150 years, Christmas crackers have been a traditional part of our Christmas festivities; Tom Smith having created this wonderful addition to our Christmas dinner tables in 1847, acting on the inspirational sound of logs crackling on an open fire. Tom Smith Crackers were granted their first Royal Warrant in 1906, and today the Tom […]