For a few years Mom gave us nut-crackers for Christmas. I'm particularly fond of this white one which she gave me in 1995. The following information is from Wikipedia: "The carving of nutcrackers - as well as of religious figures and of cribs - developed as a cottage industry in forested rural areas of Germany. Wood-carving usually provided the only income for the people living there. Today the travel industry supplements their income by bringing visitors to the remote areas."
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