The Nutcracker Prince
stands 16 inches tall including his ornate mauve and gold musical stand decorated with green plastic jewels. Select Christmas Nutcrackers Village People to view our other Musical Nutcrackers. His tall black crown is decorated with gold trim and red plastic jewels. The Christmas Nutcracker Decorations cape is deep blue velveteen with gold and silver trim and brown and silver brocade trim above a white faux fur hem. His red coat is trimmed with a green belt with ornate gold buckle, cuffs, lapel and gold tassel epaulettes. Both his pants and coat are decorated with gold and his pants have small green plastic jewels. His pants tuck into tall black boots. The Prince Nutcracker is carrying a gold scepter with a large blue plastic jewel handle. Select to see a complete listing of our Christmas Decorations Ideas.
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Nutcracker History
Nutcrackers originated in the 19th century in the eastern region of Germany. Life was hard and the people worked long hours as miners and endured hardships and poverty. Often the miners watched as the fruits of their labor were confiscated by their superiors. Nutcrackers were cleverly designed to resemble the authoritarian figures of kings, policemen, and soldiers. The townspeople enjoyed these caricatures of their rulers, since the nutcrackers were placed at their service to perform the lowly task of cracking nuts. No holiday table can be without a bowl of nuts and a handsome Nutcracker! Select this link to view our Christmas Ornament Sets.
Nutcrackers were especially popular with Germans who coined the phrase, “Gott gibt die Nüsse aber knaker müss man sie selbst” or “God gives the nuts but we have to crack them ourselves”, which was intended to teach children that life was hard but rewarding. This phrase made the nutcracker a favorite toy, possibly because it enabled children to reach one of life’s rewards more easily. Select this link to view our Wooden Nutcracker Ornaments.

German 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 early everyday and went to work in the mines. The little boy was scared to stay at home without his father, whom he loved very much.
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 many different nutcrackers, a guard, a painter, a clockmaker, 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. 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 Large Nutcrackers.