America may have produced stars like Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, and launched iconic brands like Apple and Amazon, but there’s one cultural phenomenon that seems to have gone unnoticed.
Christmas cookies, the colorful cardboard tubes that make noise, prompt a prank and deliver a paper hat when opened, are not only unpopular in the United States but are “very unknown,” according to people on social media.
When a social media user “discovered” that Americans “don’t know what a Christmas cookie is” and posted on of the conflict. the pond.
The post read: “If you’re NOT British, PLEASE tell me if you know what a Christmas cracker is because I’ve just found out Americans don’t and my world is falling apart.”
One X user seemed to prove the original poster right when he commented: ‘I have no idea, but I guess they’re like fireworks or something.’ I am European for your information.
Someone else commented in a similar tone: “I’m Swedish and I don’t have it and I don’t really know what it is but the cookie is like a cookie, I think it’s a Christmas cookie I guess.”
Another tried to clarify the matter by writing: “They are American here: they are still very unknown, however there are a couple of stores that sell them and call them Christmas/party cookies.”
“My job is to sell seasonal crackers, so this year we had Thanksgiving cookies too.”
Christmas crackers (pictured, file image) are colorful cardboard tubes that make noise, play a joke and deliver a paper hat when separated.
When a social network posted on X (formerly Twitter) that its “world is falling apart” because Americans don’t know what Christmas cookies are, it sparked a strong reaction on both sides of the pond.
Other users, mostly Americans, agreed that while they know what a Christmas cookie is, they are far from common.
They wrote: ‘I know what a Christmas cracker is (the stick with the little toy or candy inside that opens, right?) but I don’t know how I know what it is, and I’ve never seen one in person. here in the US’;
‘I’m American but my dad is Australian, so we still celebrate Christmas in the Americas, but most Americans don’t even know what they are’;
‘For anyone curious, some Americans do make Christmas cookies, but they’re not common!’;
“My family has never made them but I know some who have.”
Another American seemed disappointed that Christmas cookies have not yet caught on in his country.
They wrote: ‘As an American, everything I know about British culture comes from Doctor Who or Sherlock.
‘Many of the Christmas traditions I learned from Dr. Who. “I love those little paper crowns, I wish we did that.”
X users were quick to share their views on the fact that Americans supposedly don’t know what Christmas cookies are.
One social media user said Christmas cookies are sold for other holiday occasions, such as Thanksgiving (file image).
The British were also quick to intervene, with many mocking the Americans for their “miserable” Christmas celebrations.
They wrote: ‘Every time I learn something new about the American Christmas it makes me more miserable.
‘No Yorkshire puddings, no mince pies, no Christmas crackers? Many don’t even celebrate Boxing Day.
Another took the opportunity to voice his complaints about America, writing: ‘No radiators, no corner stores, no pancake day, no paper sizes (A4, A5) and now no Christmas cookies?! What is that land?
Others said: ‘I just found out that Christmas cookies don’t really exist in the US?! Does that mean you don’t wear paper crowns at Christmas dinner either?’;
“So apparently Christmas cookies aren’t a big thing in America. That’s not fun.
While someone else seemed genuinely surprised by the fact that Americans haven’t adopted the British tradition yet.
They wrote: ‘America, the country that embraces every stupid holiday a First Lady waves in front of them, doesn’t make Christmas cookies?’ Strange!
‘You guys love things that are 90% packaged and full of disposable trinkets. What’s happening?