'It all started with one': Sask. woman shares collection of more than 600 nutcrackers

A Saskatchewan woman has accumulated more than 600 nutcracker decorations of all shapes and sizes, over almost 20 years.

There are Christmas collections, and then there’s Muriel Kramm’s nutcracker collection.

She has accumulated more than 600 nutcracker decorations of all shapes and sizes, over almost 20 years.

“I didn’t used to like nutcrackers at all. Then it was one day in the store and I thought ‘they look pretty neat,’ so I just started collecting them,” Kramm said. “It all started with one.”

That was in 2004, around the time her two children moved out of her home in Milestone, Sask.

“The kids left home, so these are my kids now,” she said, looking around at the nutcrackers that fill her living room, hallway and kitchen.

The collection grows every year as she finds unique figures to add. Her family, friends and neighbours help too.

“Milestone is a small town but everyone knows Mom is the nutcracker lady, so she’s easy to shop for now,” Janet Borschowa, Kramm’s daughter, said.