400 nutcrackers collected over the past 20 years have made their way around the Delray Beach Public Library as part of a display loaned by Delray Beach residents Phil Friedman and Emmanuel Bulaclac.
“They’re normally on display at home, but we wanted a way to give back to a library that has given us so much,” Friedman said. “This is payback! We use the library a lot and we’re very happy to be residents of Delray Beach.”
The nutcrackers come in all shapes and sizes. There’s Santa Claus, a snowman and Rudolph, but the collection also contains a well-painted Teddy Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and four members of the “Wizard of Oz.”
“Haven’t found an Obama one yet,” Friedman said. “We find these nutcrackers in flea markets, consignment shops, house sales, and when we travel throughout the U.S. Most of the nutcrackers come from the U.S. or Germany.”
The nutcrackers are on display behind the circulation desk in the children’s library section and in glass display cases facing Atlantic Avenue.
For more information on the nutcrackers exhibit call the Delray Beach Public Library at 561- 266-0194

Emmanuel Bulacclac (left) and Phil Friedman have donated a 400-plus collection of nutcrackers to the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave., for display until after the new year.