SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Dave Stetson is one of the best in the world when it comes to wood carving. He has spent thousands of hours in his workshop carving caricatures, many of them working on old Saint Nick ...

Siegl Santa Collection, on loan from Christopher Farm & Gardens’ Jay Christopher, can be viewed through Dec. 23. The couple ...

Give Jim Calkins a piece of wood and a carving knife and he's a happy man. He's been carving Santa Claus figurines for 27 years. He also creates snowmen and angels -- all starting from a simple block ...

KALISPELL - Rick Smith's hair is crisp-clipped and combed, parted razor-sharp down the left side of his head, and his collar is buttoned all the way up to his Adam's apple. His jeans are clean and ...

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 ...

Some people read. Some people knit. Ron Nelson carves. The Stillwater man doesn’t leave his house without a pocketknife and a small piece of wood – just in case he has a free minute to whittle while ...

GRANVILLE – There is something about "Santa people" that Larry Nadwodney has always liked. Whether it's the smile on a woman's face or a child's eyes opening wide with excitement, the emotions Santa ...

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 ...

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 ...

Give Jim Calkins a piece of wood and a carving knife and he's a happy man. He's been carving Santa Claus figurines for 27 years. He also creates snowmen and angels -- all starting from a simple block ...