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The Nutcracker

Get ready to march into a Christmas Eve Eve celebration that's NUTS! This year, we're taking inspiration from the classic Nutcracker ballet, but with our own crazy Cousin Christmas twist.

Legend has it...

Nutcrackers bring good luck and protect homes from pesky spirits.

Ballet magic

Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite” brought these guys to life on stage, with dancing sugar plums and a Mouse King battle!

Born in Germany

These festive fellas hail from the land of gingerbread and Christmas markets.

State your demands, soldier!
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Demands for the Mouse King

Calling all sugar plum fairies and toy soldiers! This year, Cousin Christmas is all about games, games, and more games! We’ll have takeout on Monday night, cereal and eggs for breakfast, and Nana will smuggle me one of Dad’s many hams for dinner on Christmas Eve (shhh!). Mashed potatoes, peas, and crescent rolls will round out the meal. And charcuterie because cheese rules.

If any of our little soldiers would like to make a dish, they can claim it or let me know what it is so I can be sure to have the ingredients.

For parents, the idea is you get a day off, but champagne is always welcome.

There will be a photoshoot...
so bring these:

  • Black or dark pants, ideally sweatpants you can wear for games. 
  • Your nuttiest pajamas.
  • Fanny pack.
  • Bonus if anyone has ballet clothes and shoes, bring them!
There will also be a yankee swap with the parents

Christmas is a Team Sport

This year, we will have two teams, and while some games may have individual winners, all points go to the team. And by points, we mean Nuts.

Mouse King Army

5

Luke

7

Lindsey

6

Johnny

4

James aka The Mouse King

10

Shwilliam

9

Addy

8

KK

Nutcracker Army

Nutcracker Games of Glory

Nutcracker Army will face off with the Mouse King Army decorating your trees!

  • Best looking – 10 Nuts.
  • Fastest – 5 Nuts.

We know this as Pong, but more Christmassy and with nuts instead of ping pong balls! We will have a sanctioned tournament, where Players can win house nuts. Players are also welcome to challenge other players for bets outside of the tournament.

  • Each game won – 2 Nuts.
  • Tournament Winner – 20 Nuts.
  • 2nd – 5 Nuts.

Channel your inner toy soldier! Stiff-legged march and kick a can of nuts through an obstacle course.

  • Fastest – 10 Nuts.
  • Best form – 5 Nuts.

Shake your groove thang! Strap a tissue box filled with nuts to your backside and dance ’til they all fall out. The fastest shaker wins!

  • Individual Sport.
  • Winner – 20 Nuts.
  • 2nd – 10 Nuts.
  • 3rd – 25 point.

Individual event. Steady hands and a holiday spirit required! Use a candy cane to stack 8 hex nuts into a towering masterpiece. The fastest tower wins 10 Nuts.

Test your nut-rolling skills! Roll nuts across the table and try to land them on a line of sticky tape. Each nut stuck earns you 5 Nuts.

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