I maintain which means to get one or two however nonetheless have not! Get what I hear you ask?
The reply is Christmas Nutcrackers!
Do you might have any? Do you want them?
One among our sons has some and so they do look enticing.
(The picture above comes from google)
After all fascinated by Nutcrackers bought me fascinated by their historical past so with out additional ado please learn on and uncover extra 😊
Figures of Nutcrackers are fairly a typical Christmas ornament now. Nonetheless, they solely grew to become common world wide after World Conflict II.
Nutcracker dolls have been made in made in elements of what is now Germany and Czechia/Czech Republic (round Bohemia and Saxony) because the late 1600s. They could have initially been made nearly as good luck symbols or caricatures.
One story says {that a} wealthy however grumpy farmer could not discover a great way of cracking walnuts and provided a reward to anybody who did. A wooden carver from the village of Seiffen (in Saxony) made a doll with a gap and shutting mouth which was highly effective sufficient to crack nuts. It was an awesome success and the farmer rewarded the village!
Right this moment Nutcracker dolls are usually made like toy troopers however they had been additionally made embellished like miners, the police and kings.
By 1800 they had been common decorations within the areas of Saxony and Sonneberg. There are information of them being bought in Dresden market in 1786. Napoleon occupied this space within the early 1800s and it may need been Nutcrackers made to appear like Napoleon and his troopers which gave them the look we nonetheless have at present.
Nutcracker dolls grew to become common round different elements of Germany and Europe from the early to mid 1800s.
The Nutcracker Ballet
In 1816, the e book “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” was revealed. It was written by the German writer E.T.A. Hoffmann and tells the story of a bit woman referred to as Marie and her toys on Christmas Eve.
The unique story was initially fairly scary! In it Marie’s toys come to life on Christmas Eve and a Nutcracker determine/doll helps lead the struggle in opposition to a military of mice.
The story was tailored in 1844 by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. In 1892, the Russian composer Tchaikovsky and his good friend the Russian choreographer Marius Petipa used a a lot easier model of the story and made it right into a two act ballet referred to as The Nutcracker. Within the Ballet the woman’s identify was modified to Clara.
The primary efficiency was in Saint Petersburg and it wasn’t very talked-about, though folks preferred the music.
In 1934 a model was placed on which made fairly a couple of adjustments and was extra common! The primary full efficiency of the ballet outdoors Russia additionally passed off in 1934 in England.
The primary full model of the ballet within the USA was on Christmas Eve 1944 by the San Francisco Ballet and it was very profitable. It has been carried out each Christmas Eve since then by the San Francisco Ballet.
The New York Ballet placed on its first efficiency in 1954. Since then it has been a preferred Christmas occasion throughout the USA and world wide.
Nutcracker dolls additionally grew to become common within the USA after World Conflict II, when American troopers introduced them again as presents from German Christmas markets.
The timing of the dolls coming to the USA and the ballet being common got here collectively to make Nutcracker figures common at Christmas first within the USA after which world wide!
… and preserving with a Christmas and nut theme
Substances
Makes eight
70g sunflower seeds
120g nuts (almonds, Brazil nuts, macadamias)
2 tbsp chia seeds or flax seeds (linseeds)
60g almond butter
25g unsweetened desiccated coconut, plus extra for rolling
2½ tbsp raw cacao powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
Pinch of sea salt
Directions, extra particulars
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