We got a nutcracker, yeah!

My MIL came by and gave us a lot of stuffs, one of them is this nutcracker. Of course she bought us the nuts too. I found the nutcracker very useful and it cracks easily.


While looking at wikipedia why there is a Ballet show calls "The Nutcracker", I found this picture. According to wikipedia:

• Nutcrackers in the form of wooden carvings of a soldier, knight, king, or other profession have existed since at least the 15th century.

• These nutcrackers portray a person with a large mouth which the operator opens by lifting a lever in the back of the figurine. Originally one could insert a nut in the big-toothed mouth, press down and thereby crack the nut.
• The ballet The Nutcracker derives its name from this festive holiday decoration.

Can you imagine opening the mouth of these status and crack a nut? I don't know how it would work actually.