Toys on the Christmas Tree

The gnome that comes to life sets the tone for the evening with his merry dance. And this is the composer's first clue about the connection between "Toys" and the opera "Yolka". The mystical ball of Yolka also opened with a procession of gnomes. The toys come to life one after another, and the rescued girl still does not open her eyes...A sudden sound of opening doors and children run into the living room!

And this statement is picked up by the theme of the bear, whose heavy steps affirmatively tell the girl that her troubles are over. She has already warmed herself by the fireplace and the Christmas tree, already in reality, together with the toys, invite her to the celebration. The rapid Russian dance of a doll in a sarafan sounds, opening a new, happy page in the girl's life.

A cavalry of wooden horses bursts in and, accompanied by tin soldiers, the queen of the ball appears - an oriental beauty named Snake.

One of the toys accidentally falls off the branch. It falls on one, then another branch, the toys nearby don't have time to catch it and it breaks! And it was as if the lights froze and their light stopped warming... And it was as if the little sparks of the silver-plated costumes of the toys went out along with the eyes of all the guests of the evening. And it seemed that the silence that reigned would never end. Only the magical soft ringing of the Christmas tree flew over the heroes, revealing a ball-box in the girl's hands. And carefully kneeling down, the girl began to collect the fragments of the broken toy in it. The toys cried, but the girl herself did not cry, only diligence and a gentle smile were on her face, because she, like no one else at this evening, knew that death - does not exist! Just a couple of hours ago, she was dying on the street, covered with snow, and now... And now ... everything is different! The ball-box is closed and the girl, accompanied by enchanted toys, hangs it on the branch extended by the Christmas tree. The glow fills the ball and a moment later it is again swinging joyfully on the Christmas tree.

China - wisdom. Associations come about a good family union, which, in many ways, envy the wisdom of the spouses. Dancing peasant - no, I will not say that this brings to mind the thoughts that the heroes worked on the land and led agricultural entrepreneurship. For me, this is that the simple rules of life take their toll. And it is not always worth trying to replay the nature of things, the nature of being itself.

Well, and then just dancing - Toys set the tone for this evening and now it's the turn of the young guests themselves. Incidentally, New Year's receptions, balls, were sometimes debuts for girls. On December 31, 1809, Natasha Rostova's first ball took place.
The evening is over, the sparkling world disappears into the box until the next December. Toys in the box are a lullaby to a miracle, sentimental gratitude to the toys that filled the guests with endless goodness.