German manufacturer Rascher doesn't start carving its nutcrackers until an order is placed. The orange-clad William Tell figure has a bow and an apple with an arrow through it; the green Jager (hunter ...

The nutcracker, a functional tool that has advanced from probably a rock. Through the centuries, man has applied ingenuity, imagination and engineering to come up with some unique pieces. Not just ...

For years, my father, who is 92, collected wooden nutcrackers. He amassed a colorful collection of figural nutcrackers mainly from America, Italy and Germany. They were fun to collect and attractive ...

Nutcrackers span the globe among various cultures. An Italian bronze nutcracker, dating back to around the fourth century B.C., is among the earliest known, and King Henry VIII of England gave Anne ...

Nutcrackers are normally only a Christmas accessory. But one couple have amassed more than 200 of them after they began collecting them eight years ago. Carol Northover, 60, and husband Robert, 68, ...

A sculpture stolen from York's annual Christmas Nutcracker Trail has been found "slightly shaken" but in one piece dumped on a street, organisers have said. It was realised early on Thursday that the ...