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Harvard, it seems, is very happy about winter. House common spaces all over campus are adorned with festive "winter" decorations. House dining halls are playing host to "winter" feasts. House committees are organizing "winter" caroling. I, for one, am confused. Since when is the onset of short, dreary, cold days, and downright frigid nights, a cause for rejoicing? In short, who are we kidding...
...story, as many know, opens as everyone in a sweet little Victorian-era town is getting ready for Christmas. Clara (Marie Ceranowicz) and Fritz (Hobraiam Suarez) and their parents host an enormous and delightful party, where the mysterious Dr. Drosselmeyer (Laszlo Berdo) gives Clara a Nutcracker toy that Fritz promptly breaks. (It is interesting to note that in this year's production, Fritz does not get spanked or punished in any way by his parents.) Drosselmeyer, however, takes pity on poor Clara--at midnight, he transforms the living room into a massive battlefield where the Nutcracker, brought to glorious life...
...Because of the lack of control, with regard to not being able to control, with regard to not being able to control what happens before the party,...we would definitely have to consider seriously the situation before deciding whether to host the event again," said David Martin, the Hyatt's general manager...
Jacques Pepin is a chef, author and host of the popular PBS television series Jacques Pepin's Kitchen: Cooking with Claudine
...proof of this, but I can tell you that when I was four years old, I scanned my relatives and realized I would grow up to be a short, bald, shy guy with glasses. This eliminated any hope of an easy career in marketing, politics, modeling or acting as host of Hollywood Squares. People who look like me need skills. Lots of them...