World Record Attempt: highest number of simultaneous Christmas cracker pulls

Where: Hanover Quay, Grand Canal, Dublin 2 When: December 2nd, 2011, at midday The Carphone Warehouse and The Simon Community are attempting to break the world record for the highest number of simultaneous Christmas cracker pulls, this December. The record currently stands at 1478, and they are aiming to top that by achieving 1600 cracker pulls at once. If the record is broken, Carphone Warehouse will donate a generous further amount to the Simon Community. On the day, there will be treats available for anyone who takes part, in addition to Christmas carol sing-along with some very special Irish music acts. If ye wanna be a record breaker ? On a slight side note, this year, they are donating all profits from their annual in-store gift-wrap to the charity. That means a 50c donation for each and every gift that’s wrapped. They will further donate €1 for every new fan … There’s more