OK, I got an amazing deal on unfinished nutcrackers from Michaels this morning. It was buy 1 ($14.99) and get 3 FREE. What? I'm thrilled. All 4 (about 13inches high, big) for $14.99...
I bought them after seeing and loving @Oznell 's recent post. Here they are....(I hope you can see them)

"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals" -Immanuel Kant
"Once you have had a wonderful Dog, a life without one, is a life diminished"-Dean Koontz