How To Make Modern Nutcrackers For Christmas To begin you want to remove any of the unwanted pieces. These will vary depending on what shape or style your nutcracker has.

Not quite, but an essay making the rounds this holiday is definitely calling out E.T.A. Hoffmann’s original 1816 tale, “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” for its “creepy” energy ...

But have you ever wondered how nutcrackers became a holiday icon? We do need to go back in time a bit, but it's a surprisingly modern tale given how long Christmas has been celebrated.