German Nutcracker : Large Bavarian with Conical Hat, Natural FinishWe see these conical hats each year at Oktoberfest and maybe this year, we'll find out their proper name. It's a great hat, isn't it? This Bavarian, with his Hoffbrau Haus beer stein in one hand and a pretzel in the other, is handmade by artisans of the Christian Ulbricht Company; they've been making nutcrackers by hand in Germany's Erzgebirge Mountains, where wooden nutcrackers first originated, since 1928. Made from natural finish woods; perfect