The festive season is fast approaching, and there’s never been a better time to start getting your Christmas decorations ready to deck the halls.

Once you’ve chosen the tree, decorated each room and even spread your bed with a Christmas duvet set, there might still be room for one more thing.

Christmas nutcrackers have boomed in popularity in recent years, and it’s easy to see why! Their charming little faces and traditional wooden feel strike a feeling of festive nostalgia in even the coldest of hearts.

What is a Christmas nutcracker?

When it comes to adding a little character to your home, there’s nothing better than a classic Christmas nutcracker, or two. They look just like little soldiers and come in a huge range of sizes and colours. These beautiful and charming wooden-style soldiers stand sentry around your home, and traditionally, they were thought to chase away evil spirits to protect you and your family over the winter.

Why are nutcrackers called nutcrackers

In years gone by, it was traditional to bring out novelty nutcrackers during the dessert course of a meal as a form of entertainment. They would use nutcrackers in the shape of people, animals and birds to crack open hazelnuts and pecans as part of the festivities during the meal, trying to impress their guests with the creative nutcrackers and exotic nuts on offer.

Over the years, the nutcrackers took the shape of kings, queens and eventually soldiers. The soldier shape was used in the ballet The Nutcracker, where the charming little soldier comes to life and dances the night away thanks to a magical spell. This shape has become synonymous with Christmas thanks to the famous ballet, and that’s where the wooden toy soldier shape came from.

What styles of nutcrackers are there?

Whether you’re looking for a traditional wooden nutcracker or a large nutcracker to stand sentry outside of your home, we’ve got a huge range to choose from.

You can choose your character to suit the décor of your home or even the theme of your Christmas tree because they come in a variety of colours, sure to delight everyone who sees them.

How can I decorate using Nutcrackers?

Christmas nutcrackers come in all shapes, and sizes and even as decoration on other festive items, so there’s no end of ways to use them within your décor this year.

Choose traditional standing nutcrackers for around the tree, beside the fireplace or even at either side of your front door.

Smaller nutcrackers can be hung on your tree as decoration, placed around rooms to continue the festive theme beyond the focal point of the tree, or even placed on your dining table to add a little character to your festive spread.

And if that’s not enough to keep you going, we’ve also got other Christmas products adorned with the nutcracker motif. So you can take your pick from tea towels, napkins, aprons and much more. There’s always room for one more.

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