UK: Christmas cracker, mince pie

The Christmas cracker is part of the Christmas celebrations in the UK. A cracker, in the shape of a large fruit candy, consists of a cardboard tube wrapped in a twist of paper with a prize inside. It is pulled by two people and will make a mild "bang" sound when split apart. The person holding the center chamber of the cracker will get a prize inside, which may be a little toy, or a joke or riddle written on a piece of paper.

Another tradition is the mince pie, which was originally filled with meat rather than the dried fruit mix we see today. They were first made in an oval shape to represent the manger Jesus slept in as a baby, and the top of the pie represents Jesus' swaddling clothes. Nowadays, the mince pie is always round and can be eaten hot or cold.

英國(guó)：圣誕餅干、餡餅

圣誕餅干被做成巨型水果糖的樣子，餅干中包著一個(gè)小獎(jiǎng)品，然后兩個(gè)人用手拉這塊餅干，得到餅干中間部分的人即可獲得獎(jiǎng)品。

英國(guó)的另一個(gè)圣誕傳統(tǒng)食物是餡餅，最初餡餅里填的是肉餡，現(xiàn)在填的是各種干果肉，被稱為百果餡餅。早先餡餅被做成橢圓形，象征著耶穌嬰兒期睡的馬槽，餡餅的百褶頂代表耶穌的襁褓。不過(guò)，現(xiàn)在的餡餅都做成圓形，熱吃或冷吃均可。