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The Nutcracker(Russian: Щелкунчик[a], romanized: Shchelkunchik, pronounced[ɕːɪɫˈkunʲt͡ɕɪk]ⓘ), Op.71, is an 1892 two-act classical ballet (conceived as a ballet-féerie; Russian: балет-феерия, romanized: balet-feyeriya) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set on Christmas Eveat the foot of a Christmas tree in a child's ...
Box office. $781,727 [ 2] Nutcracker: The Motion Picture, also known as Pacific Northwest Ballet's Nutcracker or simply Nutcracker, is a 1986 American Christmas performing arts film produced by Pacific Northwest Ballet in association with Hyperion Pictures and Kushner/Locke, and released theatrically by Atlantic Releasing Corporation.
Original publication in 1816 in Berlin in the collection Kinder-Märchen, Children's Stories, by In der Realschulbuchhandlung. "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" (German: Nussknacker und Mausekönig) is a novella-fairy tale written in 1816 by Prussian author E. T. A. Hoffmann, in which young Marie Stahlbaum's favorite Christmas toy, the Nutcracker, comes alive and, after defeating the evil ...
The Oregon State Fair is the official state fair of the U.S. state of Oregon. It takes place every August–September at the 185-acre (0.75 km 2) Oregon State Fairgrounds located in north Salem, the state capital, as it has almost every year since 1862. In 2006, responsibility for running the fair was delegated to the Oregon State Parks and ...
The Oregon State Fair is offering a 24-hour ticket sale, with tickets priced at $3.99 each. The sale runs until 10 a.m. Friday. Oregon State Fair tickets are discounted 60% for 24 hours
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From The Nutcracker to A Christmas Carol and, of course, the big Donut Drop, holiday activities abound this year. Here's a guide to all the fun.
Nutcracker dolls originate from late-17th-century Germany, particularly the Ore Mountains (German: Erzgebirge) region. [ 1] One origin story attributes the creation of the first nutcracker doll to a craftsman from Seiffen. [ 2] They were often given as gifts, and at some point they became associated with Christmas season.