The Nutcracker

1. A ballet by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, dramatizing a children's story of Christmas. The Nutcracker is frequently presented during the Christmas season.

Example Sentences

"In a sense, we could expect them to do great performances of Puccini or of The Nutcracker," he says.

From BBC

She also reimagined famous choreography from ballets like “The Nutcracker” and “Sleeping Beauty.”

From Los Angeles Times

His brilliant yuletime hit, “The Hard Nut,” based on Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker,” has been delighting audiences of all ages for three decades, but it does happen to include a comedic maid in drag.

From Los Angeles Times

He’d take Ava and Chace to ballet, and he used the truck to cart around equipment when he was volunteering backstage for the Westside School of Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” every year.

From Los Angeles Times

The Nutcracker Bonbon Collection features chocolates inspired by the San Francisco Ballet's rendition of Tchaikovsky’s holiday ballet.

From Salon