Nutcracker Fantasy was also the company's first stop-motion production. It was heavily inspired stylistically by Rankin/Bass' iconic Christmas specials, 1964's Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and ...

Christmas and “The Nutcracker”—they go together like hot chocolate and marshmallows, reindeer and sleighs, and snowmen and carrots. The classic story ballet embodies the holiday season ...