‘It just made a collector out of me.’ How a nutcracker started this Clermont woman's 56-year Christmas tradition - Gainesville Times

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‘It just made a collector out of me.’ How a nutcracker started this Clermont woman's 56-year Christmas tradition

Judy Goddard received a nutcracker for Christmas 56 years ago and has spent the ensuing years building a collection of nutcrackers old and new totaling about 200. - photo by Scott Rogers

12142022 NUTCRACKER 1.jpg — Judy Goddard received a nutcracker for Christmas 56 years ago and has spent the ensuing years building a collection of nutcrackers old and new totaling about 200. - photo by Scott Rogers

It started with a gift about 56 years ago.