Photo Of The Day: Peppermint Pigs

(AP) — 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)