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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Matthew Pearce

Public votes for top 10 best Christmas cracker jokes of 2024

Christmas crackers were invented by Victorian confectioner Tom Smith.
Christmas crackers were invented by Victorian confectioner Tom Smith. Photograph: Alamy/PA

What do you get if you mix Keir Starmer, Thames Water, and a weight-loss-drug-taking Father Christmas? The top 10 best Christmas cracker jokes of 2024, as voted for by the British public.

The jokes were written by members of the public and then posted online, where they were filtered into a shortlist by a panel of judges before being put to an anonymous vote of 2,000 people.

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