What falls at the North Pole but never gets hurt?
Snow!
Snow!
The joke plays on "falls" having two meanings — to drop from the sky (like snowfall) and to take a hard physical tumble (which hurts people). Snow falls constantly at the North Pole without ever getting hurt, because it's snow. Simple, clean, and satisfying in how the obvious answer isn't the one your brain goes to first.
Pause after the setup to let people guess — most will try something clever, which makes the blunt simplicity of "Snow!" land with a smile.
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Christmas cracker jokes — the original dad jokes — have been a British tradition since 1847, when Tom Smith invented the Christmas cracker.
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