The jokes in your Christmas crackers never normally get more than a titter around the dinner table on Christmas Day.

So we've trawled the web for ten of the finest Christmas funnies so you can make the whole family genuinely LOL while everybody else's jokes get groans.

Q: What did Adam say to Eve on December 24th?
A: It's Christmas. Eve.

Q: Why was Santa's little helper feeling depressed?
A: He had low elf-esteem.

Two snowmen are standing in a field, one says to the other "Can you smell carrots?"

Q: Who hides in the bakery at Csanta-teahristmas?
A: A mince spy.

Q: What do you get if you eat Christmas decorations?
A: Tinsellitis

Q: What's the most popular Christmas wine?
A: "I don't like Brussels sprouts!"

Q: What do you call a bunch of grandmasters of chess bragging about their recent winning streak in a hotel lobby?
A: Chess nuts boasting in an open foyer!

Q: What is the best Christmas present in the world?
A: A broken drum, you can't beat it!

Q: Did you hear about the man who stole a calendar on Christmas Eve?
A: He got 12 months!

The four stages of life…
1. You believe in Father Christmas
2. You don't believe in Father Christmas
3. You become Father Christmas
4. You look like Father Christmas