Once upon a time a young girl named Marie who receives a nutcracker for christmas; her brother breaks the toy and she patches the doll up with some ribbon from her dress. And that night, while everyone sleeps, Marie sneaks back downstairs and rats pile into the house from mildly-creepy doll. The Nutcracker!... I´m the seven-headed Mouse King. The Nutcracker!... Dolls versus rats. The Nutcracker!... Seven crowns with blood and spell The Nutcracker!... A Christmas Tale !!... In the morning, she wakes up and the room is a mess, but the magic disappeared.... Years later.... Marie professes her love for the doll, now she´s living inside her.