One of my fav Christmas decorations are the nutcrackers which I have an assortment of them by the way! but having them in a Christmas decorated palace is a magical thing to me. This guys were really time consuming to make. I used pastillage , fondant and gumpaste. Also, wafer paper for the beard and hair. I have a rocking horse with a nutcracker on it that I wanted to replicate out of sugar, and I am happy how it turned out. The good part is that the rocking horse really rocks! lol. I love looking through huge windows to the Christmas trees when snowing. I used royal icing to make the snowed trees. The fantasy poinsettias are out gumpaste, gold and silver glitter like the ones I have to decorate my Christmas tree. I love the white ones! Holly berries, fantasy holly leaves and royal like decorations in gold and silver . Sugar crystals and sugar pearls. I enjoyed making this cake a lot! Thanks for looking :-)