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Steve Webb: Merry Christmas!
This is day 15 of the 2022

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encore of the 2009 season of the
Lifespring Why Christmas show

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and I the OG Godcaster Steve
Webb, my co host is James

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Cooper, creator of
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And now here's the show.

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James Cooper: Hello, and welcome
to day number 15 of the

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Lifespring why Christmas Show.
Today Steve has joined me to

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find out a bit more about
Christmas crackers and we're

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gonna tell you some of the good
and not so good jokes in them.

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Steve Webb: Well, hello to you,
James. You know we don't have

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these much in the US of A but
they can make a great addition

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to the Christmas dinner table.
They were first made, as you

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know in the UK in 1850 by a
London sweet maker called Tom

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Smith, and his name is still a
big one in crackers in the UK.

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He wanted a new way of selling
his sweets. Tom had been over to

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Paris and seen how they wrap
their posh sweets called bonbons

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in colored paper and he wondered
if he could do a similar thing.

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Then one night while he was
sitting in front of his log fire

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the crackling of the fire made
him think...

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James Cooper: What if I wrapped
my sweets in colored wrapping

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paper. And then you could open
them and they go bang oh and I

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could include a toy in them as
well then people would be bound

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to buy them.

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Steve Webb: So the first
Christmas cracker was born.

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Crackers today are short
cardboard tubes wrapped in

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colorful paper. There's normally
a cracker next to each plate on

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the Christmas dinner table. In a
cracker you'll find a colorful

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party hat, a toy or gift and a
festive joke. The party hats

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look like crowns and it is
thought that they symbolize the

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crowns that might have been worn
by the wise men.

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James Cooper: But the most
famous thing about crackers is

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the jokes. They are notoriously
bad or corny. So for your

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listening pleasure... well,
something like that...are a

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selection of Christmas cracker
jokes about Christmas.

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Steve Webb: You first

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James Cooper: I say I say I say
how does good King Wenceslas

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like his pizza.

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Steve Webb: I don't know James,
how does good king Wenceslaus

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like his pizzas

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James Cooper: he likes one
that's deep Pan crisp and even.

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Steve Webb: These are bad.
Here's one for you. Why did

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Santa's helper see the doctor?

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James Cooper: You know I'm not
sure about that.

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Steve Webb: Well, it's because
he had low elf esteem.

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James Cooper: What did Adam say
on the day before Christmas?

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Steve Webb: It's Christmas, Eve.

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James Cooper: Haha.

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Steve Webb: That one I knew. How
about this one. Why don't

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penguins fly?

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James Cooper: I thought it was
something to do with genetics

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that their wings weren't big
enough to

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Steve Webb: Oh, no, no, no, no,
it's because they're not tall

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enough to be pilots.

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James Cooper: And what does
Santa suffer from if he gets

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stuck in his chimney?

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Steve Webb: I don't know.

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James Cooper: Claustophobia.

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Steve Webb: James, what do you
get if you cross Santa with a

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duck?

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James Cooper: A quismas quacker

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Steve Webb: of course. What
else? Let's see. I think it's

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your turn.

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James Cooper: Who delivers
presents to baby sharks at

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Christmas?

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Steve Webb: Oh, I don't know. A
brave person?

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James Cooper: No, that would be
Santa Jaws.

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Steve Webb: Hey, James.

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James Cooper: Yes?

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Steve Webb: What carol is heard
in the desert.

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James Cooper: I do know this
one. It's O Camel Ye Faithful.

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Steve Webb: That's right. Hey,
wait, wait a minute. I have to

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do this next one. What kind of
motorbike does Santa ride?

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James Cooper: It probably has a
trailer out the back for all the

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presents, I'm guessing?

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Steve Webb: No, it's a Holly
Davidson.

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James Cooper: And how to sheep
in Mexico. say Merry Christmas.

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Steve Webb: Oh, let's see. I
thick it must be Fleece Navidad.

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James Cooper: Well if you'd like
to know more about crackers or

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see some more bad Christmas
jokes, then head on over to

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whychristmas.com The links are
in the show notes at

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lifespringmedia.com

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Steve Webb: Come on back
tomorrow when James will be

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telling you about Christmas
carols. So for day 21 of the

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Lifespring Why Christmas show,
it's goodbye from me,

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James Cooper: and it's goodbye
from him.