The best Christmas crackers to shop online: from simple to luxurious

Our top pick for the best crackers has to be these Christmas Crackers, designed by icon Emma Bridgewater. This pack has everything one could need - a beautiful design on the outside, totally recyclable, and filled with hats, jokes and reusable gifts.

Sometimes you want something simple and traditional - and you can't get more traditional than the Nutcracker design. These Deluxe Christmas Crackers from Amazon are filled with classic cracker contents, including mini pens, mini cards, bottle openers and more.

What a fantastic idea for a Christmas dinner activity - a mystery escape room puzzle game! Each cracker contains a different escape room puzzle to solve, complete all six puzzles to crack the code and escape. All puzzles, crackers, and packaging are plastic-free and recyclable, a fun and eco-friendly version of a great Christmas dinner tradition.

If you're having an intimate Christmas dinner for two, why not go extra cheeky with the Naughty or Nice Cracker Set from Ann Summers? Cosy up together and pick either naughty or nice - either way, you'll have a merry ol' time.

However, sometimes you want to switch it up from mini pens and magic tricks - and this is where the Cath Kidston A Christmas Sky Crackers come in. Inside, discover a pampering body wash, with a signature fragrance to feel refreshed, cleansed and scented.

Crackers are only a small part of the day, so if you want to save your money for elsewhere - buy the Recyclable Green Kraft Crackers from Dunelm. Only £6 for eight crackers, it's an absolute steal.

Have fans of LEGO at the table? They'll love these Kuckoo Build & Play Building Block Christmas Crackers, available on Amazon. Each cracker contains a set of building blocks, building instructions, a party tissue crown and a joke.

If you want some reusable crackers that you can refill every year with your own personalised gifts, shop the handmade Woodland Reusable Christmas Crackers. Purchase individually, selecting from holly, mistletoe, robin, reindeer, wreath or tree motif, or purchase a complete set of six in a gift box.

Any adult at the table will highly appreciate these Luxury Personalised Christmas Crackers, each filled with a premium spirit bottle of your choice inside. Each cracker is individually personalised at their London studio with the name of your loved one.

If your family likes to save your cracker pulling till after dinner, you'll love these delicious Chocolate Christmas Table Crackers from Hotel Chocolat. We won't give the surprise away, but you can be sure that, whether you get milk, caramel milk or white chocolate, it'll be a delight for the senses.

If you're preparing to host a large group of people for Christmas Day, you'll want to bulk buy a bunch of crackers. With the DIY Christmas Crackers from Etsy, you can order up to 20 for under £20. Each set comes with a selection of dried fruit, lavender and cinnamon sticks which come with jute twine to tie onto the outside of the cracker.

Finally on our list is something extra luxurious if you want to treat yourself and your dinner table this Christmas. Fortnum's 1707 Crackers each contain a paper crown, a joke and a recipe from their renowned cookbook, which has been paired with a miniature kitchen utensil to use while you cook.

Get some serious cool points at Christmas with this sleek set from MOTH. Not only do they look good, they have the best taste of any canned cocktails we've tried. No jokes or hats though, sadly.

This contains three different cans of Vinca's award-winning, organic, wine. There are three cans to one cracker to be pulled by two people, so if you can work out the wine maths, hats off.