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CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
Christmas Poems
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Nutcracker Suite
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The Nutcracker is a perennial Christmas classic that continues to thrill audiences with the power of the sumptuous fantasy world it creates. Dancing mice, the Sugar Plum Fairy, a gorgeous butterfly, fluttering flowers and a Christmas tree that grows right before your eyes, reminds us all of the wonders of the imagination and the power of dreams. Nutcracker, with Tchaikovsky’s glorious music, is a spectacular holiday treat and the greatest of all Christmas ballets.
Nutcracker and Mouseking by E.T.A. Hoffmann
The music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The ballet by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
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The Legend of the First Nutcracker
Long ago there lived a very rich, but very miserly and lonely farmer. This farmer had walnut trees all over his property, but he had no time to crack the shells to get at the meat inside. Because he had no time for such foolish actions, he offered a prize for anyone who could come up with an easy way to crack the walnut shells. One day an old puppet carver came to the farmer's home with a beautiful brightly painted puppet. The puppet had a large mouth and strong jaws- strong enough and big enough to crack the walnut shells. That was how the first nutcracker was made.
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Nutcracker Suite
