What a cute, cute, cute fairytale! I just adore Mary and the Nutcracker, the Christmas tree forest, and the battle scene with the toy soldiers. But now I've finally read the original* story. I wasn't expecting much from this story because of that and because i'm not usually a fan of anything Nutcracker related - not the ballet, not the opera, not the deluge of retellings there are in the world. I almost abhorred The Sandman as much as I did The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe, which is saying something because I detest Poe. I've read quite a bit of ETA Hoffman and mostly my reaction to his stories is just meh. ".the finest and most wonderful things are everywhere to be seen by those who will only have eyes to see them."
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