Why Nutcrackers Are Associated with Christmas While Christmas nutcrackers were popular in Europe, they didn't really become an American tradition until during World War II. Soldiers would ship ...

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 ...

The annual magical production of Lone Star Ballet's "The Nutcracker," as seen in these photos from previous years, returns Dec. 13-15 at the Amarillo Civic Center Auditorium.

The show will be held between Nov. 29 to Dec. 28 at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC), featuring the Nashville ...

Inspired by the German tradition of wooden-crafted Nutcracker soldiers, they've become synonymous with Christmas and add loads of festive charm wherever they're placed.

Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet is coming to Chattanooga at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Auditorium. Auditions for local children to participate in the performance will be held in partnership ...

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra will provide live orchestral accompaniment for this year’s Connecticut Ballet production of ...

DETROIT – A group of community members is hard at work in a small warehouse in Detroit. They are busy designing, building, and painting larger-than-life replicas of Nutcracker Soldier statues ...

The wooden nutcracker is an enduring symbol of Christmas. But how did it get that way? We crack open the case of the history of this iconic Christmas soldier.

Highlights of the ballet are the moment when Clara enters the magical and whimsical dream world of Christmas where the Nutcracker Prince and his tin soldiers battle mischievous mice.