The Metallic Drummer Nutcracker
is 15 inches tall and stands on a red with gold trim square base. These Wooden Nutcrackers Soldiers red shimmery metallic jacket with hologram print has plastic blue jewels in a gold setting running down the front. It also has red and gold epaulets, gold cuffs and a gold sequins belt. The Christmas Nutcracker Decorations red glittery Kepi style hat has a glittery gold brim with a gold chain draping along the front. Navy blue trousers with gold cuffs and tall black boots finish off this musical nutcrackers uniform. Hanging by a gold rope around this Wooden Nutcrackers neck is a red and gold drum with gold drum sticks in each hand. Select to see a complete listing of our Christmas Decorations Ideas.

The History of The Drum.
The drum is a musical instrument that is played by percussion or striking sharply. A drum is made of an open cylinder or kettle, with a skin called a drum head stretched tightly across the opening. When the drumhead is rapped sharply, it vibrates and produces a sound. This sound is increased, or resonated, by the shell of the drum.
The drum is the most ancient of musical instruments. It has served in all ages as a means of expressing man’s instinctive love of rhythm. Throughout history it has been a method of communication. It has been used as the center of ceremonial dances, for the call to battle and for the requiem for the dead. Much of the vitality of modern popular music would be lost without the rhythmic accent of the drums.
Drums may be divided into those which have a definite pitch and those which do not, such as the snare drum and the bass drum. The bass drum is the largest of all drums and has a deep full tone. A bass drum is made of wood with drumheads held in place by metal tension rods. These can be adjusted to increase the resonance. The bass drum is struck with a beater, the head of which is covered with felt or sheep’s wool. A snare drum measures fourteen of fifteen inches across and from five to ten inches deep. It is built like a bass drum, except that it has strings or snares, of catgut or wire across the under side. These snares vibrate against the head of the drum and the vibration gives the snare drum its special penetrating tone. The drummer uses two wooden sticks in alternate double strokes.
A field drum resembles the snare drum, but is larger and of greater depth in proportion to its diameter. It is used chiefly in military and marching bands and in drum and bugle corps. The timpani, sometimes called kettledrums, are hollow halves of globes made of brass or copper with single drumheads. They are tuned by means of screws or screws and pedals. The pedal permits rapid changes in tuning. Check out our selection of Christmas Stocking Stuffers.

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.