Today the Google Doodle is in honor of the Nutcracker ballet’s 120th anniversary:
I love the Nutcracker. My family used to go see it every year in San Francisco, and it’s as much a part of Christmas as putting up the tree and singing carols while doing the dishes.
Tell me, what’s your favorite part of Christmas?
Balkenbrij…..
Oh yes, balkenbrij. Mom made that for me once. That was…interesting.
I went to see the Nutcracker last weekend and, honest to goodness, the Mouse King threw in a little Gangam style. It was hilarious.
My favorite thing about Christmas is listening to my neighbor sing Stille Nacht, he has this beautiful baritone voice and when I was very small I thought he was Captain Von Trapp. The German words of Silent Night are Christmas to me, always have been, always will be. I don’t go to his home anymore to hear him sing, but I have a few recordings of Stille Nacht that I play on Christmas Eve (and any other time I need a Christmas pick-me-up).
xox
That is amazing, the gangam style thing. I’ll have to keep an eye on “our” Mouse King to see if he follows suit.
I like how the German Silent Night is Christmas to you. The German does make it sound extra Christmassy, somehow.