The Nutcracker: From Wooden Doll to Endearing Christmas Ballet

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It’s that time of year when ballet companies perform The Nutcracker while wooden dolls, dressed for sentry duty, keep a watchful eye on hearth and home as part of the Christmas tradition. How these wooden figures and the subsequent ballet became such an endearing part of the Christmas season is a story that goes back to the Middle Ages.

Read full article here. (Written for the Guardian Liberty Voice, Cynthia Collins, Dec. 9, 2013).