Are the names Nutcracker and Nutcracker Suite interchangeable?
Although commonly interchanged, they are not. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky first performed his Nutcracker Suite in March 1892. In December of that year, the ballet Nutcracker was first performed. Did you know? … Hallmark introduced its first Christmas card in 1915, five years after the company was founded in Kansas City, Missouri. Q: I know December 26 is known as Boxing Day in the United Kingdom and many of its former colonies. It is also a day named after a saint. Which one? What is Boxing Day? A: December 26 is also known as St. Stephen’s Day, honoring the first Christian martyr. Today, the day after Christmas is more commonly known as Boxing Day in the countries you mentioned. According to many, it was on this day that churches opened the alms boxes and distributed the money to the needy. Another possibility for the name is that household servants were often required to work on Christmas day to make certain holiday dinners and celebrations ran smoothly. It was on the day after the ho
