In this Dec. 6, 2012, photo, Mike Fitzgerald poses with Willie the Pig, the store mascot, in the parking lot of his Saratoga Sweets store in Halfmoon, N.Y. 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 be smashed at Christmas. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
In this Dec. 6, 2012, photo, Mike Fitzgerald poses with Willie the Pig, the store mascot, in the parking lot of his Saratoga Sweets store in Halfmoon, N.Y. 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 be smashed at Christmas. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
In this Dec. 6, 2012, photo, Blaine Serven heats peppermint mixture in teapots that will be used to make peppermint pigs at Saratoga Sweets in Halfmoon, N.Y. A holiday tradition in upstate New York has a peppermint twist: pig-shaped hard candies are sold with little metal hammers to be smashed at Christmas. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
In this Dec. 6, 2012, photo, Mike Fitzgerald pours hot peppermint mixture into a mold while making peppermint pigs at his Saratoga Sweets store in Halfmoon, N.Y. A holiday tradition in upstate New York has a peppermint twist: pig-shaped hard candies are sold with little metal hammers to be smashed at Christmas. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
In this Dec. 6, 2012, photo, Mike Fitzgerald pours hot peppermint mixture into a mold while making peppermint pigs at his Saratoga Sweets store in Halfmoon, N.Y. A holiday tradition in upstate New York has a peppermint twist: pig-shaped hard candies are sold with little metal hammers to be smashed at Christmas. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
In this Dec. 6, 2012, photo, Mike Fitzgerald removes peppermint pigs from a mold at his Saratoga Sweets store in Halfmoon, N.Y. A holiday tradition in upstate New York has a peppermint twist: pig-shaped hard candies are sold with little metal hammers to be smashed at Christmas. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
