Her father started the ball rolling in 1954 when he purchased a Tyrolean dwarf nutcracker at an antique store ... of two chubby children singing Christmas carols. Now her north Spokane home ...

Although the first hinged nutcracker is attributed to the Romans ... had taken on the teardrop shape we associate today with vintage Christmas lights. Putz, or tiny Christmas village houses ...

Shop on Etsy Shop on Etsy According to German lore, nutcracker soldiers ... is it really Christmas? It’s time to break out the vintage records and set up some steaming hazelnut hot chocolate ...

Now, the all-too-familiar production has become a Christmas tradition — even without Santa Claus and reindeer. “‘The Nutcracker’ overcame its initial failure through revolution ...