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 ...

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 ...

(This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.) SHEBOYGAN – A display of more than 100 wooden hand-carved Santa Claus figures can be viewed until early next week at Uptown ...

Small carved figurines are displayed beside the front door of 97-year-old Arnold Leshovsky’s apartment at retirement ...

BROCKTON — If you drive through Stoughton regularly, you may have seen a man sitting outside doing wood carvings of little Santas. He is 76-year-old Warren Dahlin and his creations aren't actually ...

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. Siegl Santa ...