Nutcrackers

Nutcrackers
Collecting Nutcrackers
Nutcrackers come out for displaying at Christmas time. You'll see them on tables, shelves, mantles, on trees, in yards, on porches in store fronts on clothes and more. You can also see them in plays and movies.

Christmas Nutcrackers
Christmas Wooden Nutcrackers
Nutcrackers in the form of wooden carvings of a soldier, knight, king, or other profession have existed since at least the 15th century. These nutcrackers portray a person with a large mouth which the operator opens by lifting a lever in the back of the figurine. Originally one could insert a nut in the big-toothed mouth, press down and thereby crack the nut. Modern nutcrackers in this style serve mostly for decoration, mainly at Christmas time. The ballet The Nutcracker derives its name from...

Nutcrackers - Practical, Decorative and Musical
Welcome to my Holiday Gift Guide!
Nutcrackers are an icon of the holiday season! (So practical to keep some nuts around, for healthy snacks, too!) Let's take a look at some samples of the practical nutcrackers used for opening nuts, as well as the decorative ones, based on the soldiers from The Nutcracker ballet, and some modern variations. If you have a nutcracker collector on your list, I hope to give you some ideas for another member of the collection. For the nut lover, perhaps a new tool for the feeding frenzy! In pas...