At the end of last month, I visited Nymans to see their Christmas display. Nymans is a home and gardens managed by National Trust, and it is located in West Sussex. This Christmas, Nymans are celebrating Nutcracker Christmas. There are several Nutcracker sculptures placed around the garden, and the house has been decorated with an inspiration of the "Nutcracker" performance. There's also a display of costumes from Matthew Bourne's "Nutcracker!" in the upper floor of the house.
The Nutcracker statues around the gardens each had a name and had a children's activity. These were fun to locate, and the first one was in the garden shop area.
In addition to the statues, some of the grounds were also decorated for the holidays with the "Nutcracker" theme of sweets and dreams.
There was also the evil mouse character lurking.
After a quick look around the grounds, I went into the house to see it decorated for the "Nutcracker!".
The dining room was filled with a buffet of sweets.
Beautiful Christmas trees were located in the rooms.
And there were more sweets and cakes in the other rooms too, such as the sweet trolley in the library room.
The Christmas displays led up the stairs.
The main couple of rooms here contained the costumes for the "Nutcracker" performance and a documentary being shown on a televsion about the characters and the costumes. I am not familiar with the story, but I have been wanting to visit the performance in London for the past several years but have just never gotten around to it.
After the house, I went back through the gardens, and I saw the remaining Nutcracker statues on the trail back through th grounds.
Also, the autumn colour was still beautiful; it was so cold.
After the visit to Nymans, I headed down the road to "The Victory Inn" pub in Stapleford, and I had some food before my next stop, which was a Christmas light show down the road at another garden. I had a delicious curry here and finished with sticky toffee pudding. I was sat right in front of the fire, which was wonderful. It is a lovely pub.
My previous posts on Nymans can be seen by looking at the below links:
Nymans Summer Gardens and House
Nyman's Gardens in Autumn
A Visit to Nymans (National Trust, West Sussex): Lockdown Edition
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