It starts as 48x4x8 block of wood, but when Norman Altman sits behind his work bench in Syracuse, he sees Santa Claus in the raw material. Each year, Norman Altman hand-carves and paints wooden Santa ...
Blake Lunsford sharpens his knives for Santa Claus. This woodcarver fashions Saint Nick figurines all year long, transforming bare wood into intricate faces of Kris Kringle with joy and delight for ...
FORT COLLINS, Colo.—About 50 years ago, Jim Siegl picked up a block of wood and an X-Acto knife, and he began to carve. Soon that block of wood was transformed into a tiny elephant—and Jim had begun ...
Late Friday afternoon Santa and Mrs. Claus made an appearance in Orrville when the city started the Christmas season with its 25th annual Home for the Holidays. Oliver and Nora Wachtel of Orrville got ...