A Christmas ornament pixie whose head frequently falls off.

Unlike modern cartoons that rely on pop songs, this special uses * Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s original Nutcracker Suite * as its backbone. The animation is meticulously synced to the score. Every chase, every fall, every piece of falling confetti hits a musical beat. It’s essentially a —and it works beautifully.

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