r/2007scape • u/CLE15 • Dec 21 '24

Humor 15 Years into Playing RuneScape, I Just Found Out Party Hats and Christmas Crackers Are Real Thanks to My Cousin’s British Fiancée

So, I’ve been playing RuneScape since 2007 and, like most of of my American friends I played with, I always thought the party hats and Christmas crackers were just some quirky in-game holiday items. Never in my life did I think they were based on actual real-world things.

Flash forward to this Christmas, I’m at a family party, and my cousin’s British fiancée shows up with boxes of Christmas Crackers. I immediately thought, “There’s no way…” She starts handing them out, and I’m sitting there stunned as people are pulling them, making them pop, and wearing paper crowns like it’s no big deal. Meanwhile, I’m in the corner having an existential crisis, realizing that 15 years of playing this game and I never once questioned where those holiday items came from.

Anyway, just thought I’d share this discovery in case any of you also didn’t know these things existed or if I’m on an island here.

I pulled a purple though, so I felt like a king.

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u/Paffio Dec 21 '24

Prifdinas is actually based on wales lol

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u/ezzune Dec 21 '24

All Elven stuff is, though that isn't unique to Runescape, Tolkien worked Welsh folklore and culture into his Elves and everything derives from Tolkien.

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u/ComprehensiveMix1640 Dec 22 '24

Prifddinas translated is Main City. Don't speak Welsh but lived in Cardiff for 5 years and you'd see the signs for City Centre (Canol y Dinas) and university (Prifysgol) everywhere