The Nutcracker
One of the advantages of living in such a large city is the opportunity to take in cultural events that small cities and towns can't provide. We were told that the ballet does the Nutcracker every year at Christmas. The cost to attend was only a fraction of what it would cost in North America. The quality of the program was quite good--better than I expected. The girls had never been to the ballet before, and for Shannon and I, it brought back some great memories from Philadelphia.