My Favorite Secular Christmas Story

12/05/2022

I adore The Nutcracker. So much so that I have a Spotify playlist dedicated to the score of The Nutcracker. Why listen to The Nutcracker suite when you could listen to the score in its entirety? Besides, the suite doesn't include A Pine Forest in Winter, which is one of my favorite pieces in the entire score. When it comes to classical music, Tchaikovsky is one of my favorite composers.

I've seen live performances of The Nutcracker many times. The last time I saw a production of The Nutcracker, it had me in tears before the curtain had even risen, during the overture.

In some productions of The Nutcracker ballet, the heroine's name is Marie or Maria rather than Clara. But for the sake of this post, I've opted to stick with Clara because that's the name I'm used to. The majority of the productions that I've seen have used the name Clara.

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My Favorite Secular Christmas Story

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