SANTA

“Some years ago I experimented with notched logs in a 5x5x5 box and discovered a wonderful property in the interaction of the different parts. I settled on six copies of each of two shapes. HARUN (aka GUILLOTINE) with its two very simple shapes should be a beginner’s box-packing puzzle. But it didn’t quite turn out that way. This year I searched for more simple pairs of shapes whose arrangement is also very interesting. I have found two pairs – one of them, SANTA, is my first Christmas puzzle that I would like to present this year. Whoever enjoyed the solution of HARUN, will be amazed by SANTA. HO HO HO.”