Backstory: Nutcrackers
Update: 2023-11-23
Description
Decorative nutcrackers — most often resembling a toy soldier, but available in countless other characters — are synonymous with the Christmas season. Why? It’s a story whose origins predate Christmas itself. And whose history involves a mining town, Napoleon, dance theater, and World War two. So...let’s get crackin’!
Mentioned in this Episode
http://www.nutcrackermuseum.com/
Music in this Episode
- "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies" — Kevin MacLeod, via Wikimedia Commons
- "March from the Nutcracker" — Trygve Larsen, via Pixabay
- "Chinese Dance from the Nutcracker" — Trygve Larsen, via Pixabay
- "Arabian Dance from the Nutcracker" — Trygve Larsen, via Pixabay
- "Wish Background" — Kevin MacLeod, via Incompetech
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