My parents and I went to see The Hard Nut, which is a fun twist on The Nutcracker. With all the same music, the thing that was tweaked was the plot.
Marie, a young girl, gets a nutcracker from a friend of the family for Christmas. At night, everything suddenly turns gigantic. Marie is attacked by the Rat King and she kills him with her slipper. Then she blacks out.
That part is exactly the same to the story of The Nutcracker, but here's when it changes. Marie is ill, so her friend tells her the story of a princess named Pirlipat. Pirlipat was very pretty, but she got cursed by the Rat Queen and turned ugly. The only way to save her was to crack the Hard Nut in your teeth.
A young man succeeded, and Pirlipat became beautiful again, but she dumped him. At this point, Marie interrupted the story and pledged her love to the young man, and they get married. I recommend this to anyone.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Animal Lovers' Club Update #6
The ornaments that were made at the ALC tree-trimming party were a big hit! The ornaments were as diverse as a pom-pom in a basket to pipe-cleaner animals. I even made a pipe-cleaner mouse!
Meanwhile, we are continuing our work on the Idiot Princess Chronicles. Gabby has decided that her, Nika, and I will each be doing our own comics. Mireille and Cielo may make their own later on.
Gabby has decided to continue her Cinderella. I am working on Snow White, and Nika is working on Rapunzel. We are going to eventually make a comic together with all three of those characters (with them comparing their beauty to each other!)
Meanwhile, we are continuing our work on the Idiot Princess Chronicles. Gabby has decided that her, Nika, and I will each be doing our own comics. Mireille and Cielo may make their own later on.
Gabby has decided to continue her Cinderella. I am working on Snow White, and Nika is working on Rapunzel. We are going to eventually make a comic together with all three of those characters (with them comparing their beauty to each other!)
Sunday, December 5, 2010
It's Chanukah!
Guess what? It's Chanukah! Tonight is the fifth night. Last Thursday we had a Chanukah party at school.
We had three different activities: playing dreidel, making latkes, and reading books about the holiday. It was a whole lot of fun.
At home for Chanukah, my parents and I enjoy a meal of mini-latkes. We light the candles, say the blessings, and open presents!
We had three different activities: playing dreidel, making latkes, and reading books about the holiday. It was a whole lot of fun.
At home for Chanukah, my parents and I enjoy a meal of mini-latkes. We light the candles, say the blessings, and open presents!
Animal Lovers' Club Update #5
Great news!!! Cielo has joined the ALC as Nika's assistant treasurer! She is now helping us to organize our bakesale.
For various reasons, the bakesale has been moved to mid-December. We will soon have a date that we can tell to our followers.
Meanwhile, next week, the ALC as well as some of our friends will be having a sleepover party at a hotel to celebrate Nika's birthday. The day after, the ALC is going to Gabby's house for a tree-trimming party. We will also be making our own Christmas tree ornaments to sell as party of our fundraiser.
We are also working on The Idiot Princess Chronicles, a series of comics about dimwitted princesses. These will also be sold.
SPOILER ALERT!!! The first comic is Cinderella with a twist! Cinderella is a pretty, yet dumb girl who has two ugly stepsisters. The stepsisters are kind, clever, and funny.
Cinderella gets married to a prince. Once the prince finds out how dumb she is, he wants to leave her (there wasn't divorce back then.) He talks to a witch. The witch transforms Cinderella into a beast, which leads into the next comic (Handsome And The Beast!)
For various reasons, the bakesale has been moved to mid-December. We will soon have a date that we can tell to our followers.
Meanwhile, next week, the ALC as well as some of our friends will be having a sleepover party at a hotel to celebrate Nika's birthday. The day after, the ALC is going to Gabby's house for a tree-trimming party. We will also be making our own Christmas tree ornaments to sell as party of our fundraiser.
We are also working on The Idiot Princess Chronicles, a series of comics about dimwitted princesses. These will also be sold.
SPOILER ALERT!!! The first comic is Cinderella with a twist! Cinderella is a pretty, yet dumb girl who has two ugly stepsisters. The stepsisters are kind, clever, and funny.
Cinderella gets married to a prince. Once the prince finds out how dumb she is, he wants to leave her (there wasn't divorce back then.) He talks to a witch. The witch transforms Cinderella into a beast, which leads into the next comic (Handsome And The Beast!)
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