# Christmas crackers — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For Christmas crackers, carrier is Royal Mail / Parcelforce; restriction type is restricted; scope is Royal Mail allowed with conditions; Parcelforce Worldwide and BFPO prohibited; conditions is Prohibited by Parcelforce Worldwide and to BFPO; Royal Mail accepts them only in their complete made-up form and in their original retail packaging, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item category:** Christmas crackers _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** Royal Mail / Parcelforce _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** restricted _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** Royal Mail allowed with conditions; Parcelforce Worldwide and BFPO prohibited _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Prohibited by Parcelforce Worldwide and to BFPO; Royal Mail accepts them only in their complete made-up form and in their original retail packaging. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Parcelforce Worldwide and BFPO - Christmas crackers are prohibited Royal Mail - Christmas crackers can only be sent in their complete made-up form and in their original retail packaging.

## Source

- https://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/media/w5dlus1c/foia-response_foi2025_00179_appendix-d_rm-dangerous-goods-and-prohibited-and-restricted.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).