Some stories arent quite as youve previously read them. Uncle Drosselmeier was so much more than a human who tinkered with clockworks, and the Nutcracker was
no mere cursed boy. The faeries in the so-called ""Land of the Dolls"" werent made of sugarplums, nor were the brownies made of chocolate. Even Marie (aka Clara) turned out to be more than she seemed. And Drosselmeier, Marie, and the nutcrackers adventures didnt exactly end the morning after the battle with the seven-headed Mouse King.

Meanwhile, Jacob Marleys dealings with Ebenezer Scrooge, the love of his life, did not actually stop...