Christmas wouldn't be the same without rows of Nutcracker soldiers lining up under the tree or in front of the fireplace. The cute wooden characters, which were first commercially produced by a ...

A new Christmas exhibit is now on display at the Vanishing Texana Museum in Jacksonville. The Nutcracker Exhibit features over 100 Nutcracker toy soldiers, a Christmas village, a Widow’s Mite ...

Nutcracker dolls can trace their little wooden development back to the Ore Mountains of Germany in the late 17th century. Most often depicted as toy soldiers, they became gifts and symbols of good ...

Most of Peterson's collection is made from wood except for one plastic M&M nutcracker. It was a gift filled with chocolate. Two other unique ones actually function as nutcrackers and are made out of ...

Nutcrackers are a Christmas decoration that we know and adore, and the festive season wouldn't be the same without seeing them adorning shelves, and even larger ones standing outside shops. But do ...

Ballet academies hold auditions for “The Nutcracker” in the fall, and as winter approaches the young dancers learn how to be toy soldiers, or angels, or mice. Shortly before Christmas, when ...

Collecting Christmas: Nuts for nutcrackers and more Sun., Dec. 24, 2017 A larger-than-life sized nutcracker is photographed at the home of CJ Davis of Hayden Lake on Wednesday, Dec.13, 2017.