Of all of the holiday traditions, surely one of the world’s most delightful is The Nutcracker. Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet debuted in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1892. Since then there have been an estimated 11 million performances of this classic tale of a young girl’s magical journey to the land of the Sugar Plum Fairy.

International audiences have not only adopted the story as their own, they have adapted it-tailoring the setting, characters and costumes to local cultural tastes and traditions.

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