The Nutcracker grabs his sword and joins the battle. The Christmas tree magically grows to giant size, as does the doll bed, and the toys come to life, including the Nutcracker, whom Marie awakens just as one would awaken a sleeping parent. He picks up the Nutcracker and repairs it, then he leaves.Marie awakens to see life-size mice invading the living room. Then Drosselmeyer appears, but we're never sure if this is a dream or not. Marie's mother enters and lovingly covers the girl with a blanket. She creeps downstairs, picks up the Nutcracker, and falls asleep with it on the sofa. The guests leave and Marie and Fritz go to bed.But Marie cannot sleep. The party ends with the "Grandfather Waltz". When Drosselmeyer's nephew brings Marie the doll bed so that she can place her broken Nutcracker in it, it becomes obvious that Marie is deeply touched, and that she and the nephew will become good friends. Marie is heartbroken, but Drosselmeyer comforts her. Marie is enchanted with the toy and claims it as her own, but her bratty brother Fritz snatches the Nutcracker away from her and deliberately breaks it out of jealousy. Then Drosselmeyer produces a smaller gift, a Nutcracker made in the style of an old man. The toys dance and the children are delighted.
Drosselmeyer performs several magic tricks and then shows the children the wondrous life-size dancing toys he has brought, including a Harlequin and a Columbine. Finally they are ushered in, all the guests arrive, and the party begins.Suddenly Drosselmeyer, Marie's godfather, enters with his young nephew, who is Marie's age. Their young children Marie and Fritz cannot wait to enter the living room and see the Christmas tree for the first time. A Christmas party is to be held in the home of Town Council President Stahlbaum and his wife. However, most of the actual dancing is performed by adults.It is Christmas Eve. Marie, Fritz, Drosselmeyer's nephew, and the Prince are played by actual pre-teenage children in this production, as are all the other children.
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