July 25, 2008

The Nutcracker Isn’t Just a Ballet

Author: Happy_Xmas

The Nutcracker Isn’t Just a Ballet German Christmas ornaments are often in the shape of nutcrackers, which represented officers or other officials.  The earliest wooden nutcrackers were very simply made, originating in the Erzgebirge region of Germany a century ago. 

New nutcracker models are created each year, but the creation of beautiful folk art in the Erzgebirge Mountains of Germany has remained largely the same since the early days.  Nutcrackers not only serve the very purpose that shares their name, but are perhaps the quintessential German Christmas ornaments.

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