{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "TIL that nutcracker figures were largely introduced to America from German occupation veterans, it originally being a Central...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/661400047166128128/", "html": "<p>TIL that nutcracker figures were largely introduced to America from German occupation veterans, it originally being a Central European thing, and the <i>The Nutcracker</i> ballet didn&rsquo;t get big here until afterwards</p><p>Nutcrackers are maybe associated with Christmas because exotic fruits and nuts were common Christmas gifts at the time of their initial spread</p>"}