During the opening credits, a mouse soldier is climbing around a Christmas tree with a light. The first scene is a Christmas party where numerous children are celebrating. The female protagonist, an unnamed girl who works as a maid, watches the household children frolicking around. A boy begins using a nutcracker to crack nuts, but he is quite brutal with it and eventually leaves it with a nut stuck in its mouth. Late at night, after the party is over, the girl comes down to the hall for cleaning, but the night is full with magic, which manifests firstly in her broom animating and dancing with her. She eventually finds the nutcracker on the floor. When she kisses him, he comes to life and is devastated when he sees what he has become.