A true holiday tradition is brought to life with this mini-musical based on Tchaikovsky's famous ballet, "The Nutcracker." Multiple narrators (speaking in rhyming verse) tell the story of little Clara's dreamlike Christmas adventure to the magical land of the Nutcracker. Whether performed in concert program style or with full staging, teachers will have the opportunity to introduce their students to Tchaikovsky's original music in simple vocal arrangements with clever, plot-progressing lyrics. Reproducible student pages and staging notes are included in the director's score. 20 minutes.