DDNEWS' choice for January 2023 was an amazing composition by Irina Abrasokina "Christmas creche". The author used antique figurines and a real pumpkin to create this work. "Everything I do, projects or dolls, is purely by the dictates of my heart." Irina is the organiser of the MUNECART exhibition and the GAUDIR competition. She co-authored projects such as, DAILYDOLL.NEWS magazine, marketplaces ...

"The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" (German: Nußknacker und Mausekönig) is a Christmas story-tale by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann that has become an integral part of New Year and Christmas readings, plays and productions. After 200 years, the fairy tale has been interpreted in theatre performances, animation and feature films. Working on the production of The Nutcracker at the Mariinsky Theatre, Mikhail Shemyakin created about a thousand sketches, but it was important for him to ...

The brightest holiday of the year, Christmas, is about to knock on our doors and we prepare to welcome it with excitement and expectation of a miracle. In order for our expectations to be fulfilled, we need to create a Christmas symbol: traditional star decorations and a nativity scene with manger, decorations and figurines. It is a beautiful old tradition to put a nativity scene in your house at Christmas. This is a model ...

    Is it possible to see angels? Have you ever met angels? So that after the meeting you can confidently describe their appearance and be confident that now you can easily recognize the heavenly assistants and immediately accept their wise advice? I will assume not. It is impossible to see something that does not have a material body and does not obey any earthly laws. Then from where a stable image was formed ...