SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — A holiday tradition in this upstate New York resort town has a peppermint twist: pig-shaped hard candies are sold with little metal hammers to smash them at Christmas.

A holiday tradition in the upstate New York resort town of Saratoga Springs has a peppermint twist: Pig-shaped hard candies are sold with little metal hammers to smash them at Christmas. Subscribe to ...

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SARATOGA SPRINGS — A holiday tradition in this upstate New York resort town has a peppermint twist: pig-shaped hard candies are sold with little metal hammers to smash them at Christmas. The ...

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A holiday tradition in Saratoga Springs, an upstate New York resort town, has a peppermint twist: pig-shaped hard candies are sold with little metal hammers to smash up at Christmas. The peppermint ...

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — A holiday tradition in this upstate New York resort town has a peppermint twist: pig-shaped hard candies are sold with little metal hammers to smash them at Christmas.