Each year, Norman Altman hand-carves and paints wooden Santa figurines to give to ... a Christmas tree across carefully carved snow. A jolly red face, hewn from a larger piece of bass wood ...

He avoids carving eyeballs, which he said “lock” an expression on the Santa’s face. One person who sees a Kriss Kringle describes its face as cute; the next might interpret the expression as ...

Whether it's the smile on a woman's face or a child's eyes opening wide ... That's one of the many reasons he has enjoyed carving Santa statues over the past 26 years. "They're just fun," he ...

He started carving Santa Claus figurines about 15 years ago as a stress-reliever. By now, he figures he’s chiseled Kris Kringle’s face about 500 times. For years, Lunsford sold his works at ...

SHEBOYGAN – A display of more than 100 wooden hand-carved Santa Claus figures can be viewed until early next week at Uptown Social, 1817 N. Eighth St. The James V. Siegl and Helene Y.