When Mehreen Hassan first heard of a Christmas cracker, she imagined it was a biscuit.

“I thought it was something to eat, but it’s not,” the 15-year-old Hongkonger of Pakistani descent recalled with a laugh.

She not only found out about the Christmas novelty over the summer, but also became part of a project that designed, produced and sold more than 30,000 crackers for charity.

Source: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3160289/hong-kong-christmas-cracker-project-teaches-teens-about