I used those whistle crackers a few years back.. Quite funny the six of us playing 8 whistles one conducting and playing while all pretty drunk.

This year I want to get the Hawkins Bazaar Sprouts race crackers. Wind up sprouts with feet ... they race to the center of a dinner plate target. I think that is how I remember them.

What is really good is to get a bearded folkie who does mumming in drag good and drunk. Dress him in your daughter's prezzies, one black lace and teal taffeta coctail gown and black lace shrug, chunky teal necklace and long fuzzy black scarf on his head to look like a wig.

Take a picture then send it to him as his christmas card the next year. He thought I did it with photo shop. No memory whatever of dressing up.