This Regal King Nutcracker
is 36 inches tall and stands on an 8x8x1.75 inch red square base with gold trim on top. These Large Nutcrackers are wearing an elegant gold crown decorated with several red jewels going around it with two stripped green glittery lines and a red center topped with a plastic crystal finial. The nutcrackers jacket is red, green, white and gold with many decorative jewels and a golden collar. His jacket has white strips on each side that are lined with small crystal jewels in gold settings and plastic red jewels running down the center of the white lines. The Christmas Nutcracker Decorations epaulettes are deep emerald green bordered with gold and his cuffs are white bordered with gold. On the center of this Regal King Nutcracker is a green plastic jewel with 2 gold lines shooting from the bottom and 3 leaf-like designs at the end. His trousers are white with gold cuffs and tall black boot that match his black belt. The King Nutcracker looks elegant holding a gold scepter in his right hand that has red and gold glitter on the top and bottom of it topped with a crystal ball. Select to see a complete listing of our Christmas Decorations Ideas.

The Story of The Nutcracker
The combination of a useful tool and a figural form with a human appearance was well accepted by the mid 18th century. In the toy making center of Sonneberg, in the Thuringian Forest, there was mention in 1735 of nut biters that operated according to the principles of leverage. These nut biters were described as sturdy, energetic forms with large heads. Two moving arms on the back of the head allowed the lower jaw to push the nut against the upper jaw. In a carnival parade in 1783, students from Freisingen, Germany presented large models of Berchtesgaden wares, including a nut biter in the form of a little man whose mouth and stomach were one and the same. Select this link to view our Christmas Nutcrackers Village People.

The Kurt Adler Nutcracker Fable.
Once upon a time, in the mountains of Germany, there lived a young boy with his mother and father. The boy’s father woke up very early every day and went to work in the mines. The little boy was scared to stay at home without his father, whom he loved very much. Select this link to view our Nutcracker Ornaments.
So that his son would not be frightened, the father carved him a wooden nutcracker which had fierce eyes and teeth. He told the boy that he should not be afraid because he was safe from harm with the nutcracker there to protect him. The boy was still afraid, so every night, when the father came home from the mines, he worked on carving a new nutcracker for his son. He gave his son a different nutcracker….a guard, a painter, a clock maker, etc. These nutcrackers protected the boy and kept him company while his father was away. The boy always felt safe and when he was older and had a son of his own, he passed on the nutcrackers to him, so that he would always be protected from harm. And as the nutcrackers were passed on, the collection grew bigger and bigger as each generation added its own special touch. Select this link to view our Wooden Nutcrackers Soldiers.