This smaller nutcracker features Santa Claus with a bell and a present, all in natural finish woods. Santa's beard and white hair are lush faux fur. Yes, the bell does ring! Handmade and hand painted by artisans of the Christian Ulbricht Company; they've been making nutcrackers by hand in Germany's Erzgebirge Mountains, where wooden nutcrackers first originated, since 1928.

This is a working nutcracker (the lever in back operates his jaws), though you'd be hard pressed to find a nut small enough to fit in his jaws. He stands over 6" tall x almost 4" wide x 3 1/4" deep. Handmade in Germany.

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