No wonder Christian Steinbach looked so jolly as a swarm of people flocked around him in a Long Grove shop recently. The masses had come to pay homage to the maker of the most sought-after nutcrackers ...

MARIENBERG, Germany — U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs threaten to become a tough nut to crack in an unlikely place — a small company whose factory nestled deep in the hills of eastern Germany ...

BERLIN – One of Germany's largest producers of traditional wooden nutcrackers has filed for bankruptcy, citing increased labor costs due to the country's new minimum wage. The dpa news agency reported ...

The best-known nutcrackers bring to life, through wood and paint, the colorful, fierce-looking, bearded soldiers from E.T.A. Hoffman’s 1816 story, “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” which inspired ...

A woman uses hairspray to fixe the hair on a nutcracker titled "Resolute Desk of the President," featuring a seated figure signing a "presidential proclamation," at the Steinbach-Volkskunst nutcracker ...

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Steinbach, with about 35 manufacturing employees and five in office functions, produces 30,000-40,000 items a year and, according to Paul, could sell many more than that. He says the company is lucky ...

MARIENBERG, Germany (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs threaten to become a tough nut to crack in an unlikely place — a small company whose factory nestled deep in the hills of eastern ...