Celebrating the holidays is a wonderful time to start family traditions that will last a lifetime and provide special memories for your children. One holiday traditions that many families partake in is taking in a showing of The Nutcracker.

Help your young children enjoy the production even more by introducing them to the story and help them understand what to expect when they first see The Nutcracker. A picture book following the story of Clara and her journey, like George Balanchine's The Nutcracker, with photographs of the New York City Ballet production.

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This is a fun decorating activity and the kids can help create a fun holiday centerpiece made up of festive 3D Christmas trees and a perfect addition to your home or the kid's table.

You'll need a box of ice cream sugar cones, frosting and small red candies or other sprinkles. To make this super easy, buy two cans of ready-to-use white frosting, and tint one with green food coloring. The decorator frosting in squeezable tubes can also make it easier for little ones to apply frosting decorations to the trees.

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Get into the holiday spirit with printable projects and fun activities! We've put together our favorite collection of Christmas printables, including some featuring your child's favorite characters. These printables are great coloring pages, holiday decorating projects and holiday themed math and word games.

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