When I was a kid we had a few Christmases where my mom put out a plate with walnuts on it. We were encouraged to split the shell in two instead of just breaking them open. It sometimes made it a little difficult to scoop the nut out. In the end all the good opened walnuts lead to today's ornament.
Mom would take the nut, glue it together, put a handle on the top and paint it gold. We must have a dozen of the in a drawer.
On a related note we don't have a figurine nutcracker but I would always look at them when they were put out on store shelves. I would move their mouths and conclude that they would break if ever used.
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