"Traditionally, in 'The Nutcracker' ballet ... While the bickering butler and maid are transformed into the Rat King and Queen, who invade the Stahlbaum home in a pirate ship made from a gravy ...

when the clock strikes midnight Minnie’s Mickey Nutcracker suddenly come to life. The adventure leads to song and dance numbers that are interrupted by the “Rat King”. Who was once a ...

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King is a story written in 1816 by E T A Hoffmann in which young Marie Stahlbaums favorite Christmas toy the Nutcracker comes alive and after defeating the evil Mouse ...