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Clara and the Prince travel to the beautiful Land of Sweets, ruled by the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Prince's place until his return. He recounts for her how he had been saved from the Mouse King by Clara and transformed back into himself.
In honor of the young heroine, a celebration of sweets from around the world is produced: [[chocolate]] from [[Spain]], [[coffee]] from [[Arabia]],<ref>{{cite AV media | people=Dancers of the SemperOperBallett |title=''The Nutcracker'' – Arabian Divertissement| location=Dresden, Germany | publisher=SemperOperBallett |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG0fO-2WY2s| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115011703/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG0fO-2WY2s| archive-date=15 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media | people=Cecilia Iliesiu| date=2017 | title=Arabian Coffee/Peacock| publisher=Pacific Northwest Ballet|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnAsmLgEGnA}}</ref> [[tea]] from [[China]],<ref>{{cite AV media | people=Dancers of the Mariinsky ballet| date=2012 |title=''The Nutcracker'' – Tea (Chinese Dance) | publisher=Mariinsky Ballet|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiyx1m44nMM| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/iiyx1m44nMM| archive-date=30 October 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and [[candy canes]] from [[Russia]]<ref>{{cite AV media | people=Dancers of the Boston Ballet| date=2017 | title=SPOTLIGHT The Nutcracker's Russian Dance| publisher=[[Boston Ballet]]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiPT5Ne6yXI| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/CiPT5Ne6yXI| archive-date=30 October 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> all dance for their amusement; [[Marzipan]] shepherdesses perform on their flutes;<ref>{{cite AV media | people=Dancers of the SemperOperBallett |title =''The Nutcracker'' – Mirlitons Divertissement| location=Dresden, Germany | publisher=SemperOperBallett |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrXQ8uAnipo}}</ref> Mother Ginger has her children, the [[Pulcinella#Variants|Polichinelles]], emerge from under her enormous hoop skirt to dance; a string of beautiful flowers perform a waltz.<ref>{{cite AV media | people=Kyra Nichols and the NYCB Corps de Ballet | date=2015 | title=New York City Ballet: Waltz of the Flowers | location=New York City | publisher=Lincoln Center |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrXQ8uAnipo}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media | people=PNB dancers |title=Nutcracker Flowers Excerpt | publisher=[[Pacific Northwest Ballet]]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIb0g6iMQ5M| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/UIb0g6iMQ5M| archive-date=30 October 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> To conclude the night, the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier perform a dance.<ref>{{cite AV media | people=Alina Somova & Vladimir Shklyarov| date=2012 | title=Sugarplum and Cavalier variations | location=St Petersburg, Russia | publisher=Ovation |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42CfrMNMIZo}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media | people=Darci Kistler |title=Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy | location=New York City |publisher=Ovation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH8yiSQDYHI| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/bH8yiSQDYHI| archive-date=30 October 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
A final waltz is performed by all the sweets, after which the Sugar Plum Fairy ushers Clara and the Prince down from their throne. He bows to her, she kisses Clara goodbye, and leads them to a reindeer-drawn sleigh. It takes off as they wave goodbye to all the subjects who wave back.
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