A robotics specialist, he animated puppets and dolls for displays worldwide. His “Toyland,” with a two-story-high Santa, drew ...

started collecting the scenes during holidays and had the idea to use them for an exhibit in 2012. Her collection is on ...

Some windows are single scene, others multi-scene, to cover the content. Curiously, Kerr feels he was always meant to do this job. ‘‘I always wanted to do the Christmas windows,’’ he says.