Originally unadorned and solely made for cracking nuts open, over the decades, these handy little implements were transformed into wooden toys often painted as soldiers. The Nutcracker ballet ...

So, let's crack open the history of the Christmas nutcracker! Nutcracker dolls can trace their little wooden development back to the Ore Mountains of Germany in the late 17th century. Most often ...

‘After the excitement of the party, Clara fell asleep under the Christmas tree with the wooden Nutcracker soldier in her arms. But in the middle of the night she woke up to a frightening scen ...

A bit like a Tchaikovsky 'Toy Story', the enchanting narrative is full of wonderful characters and follows a young girl called Clara who is given a wooden nutcracker as a present. When the ...