Once Upon a Christmas display opens at Saskatoon’s Western Development Museum

The Western Development Museum (WDM) has opened its Once Upon a Christmas Holiday exhibit in Saskatoon.

For the past 30 years, visitors young and old have watched figures dance and twirl at the annual display.

Built in 1946 for the Eaton’s store in Winnipeg, the mechanical figures are powered by surplus air force navigational motors.

In 1977, the Eaton’s store in Saskatoon purchased all the units and put them together at Midtown Plaza annually until 1984. The displays were donated to Saskatoon’s WDM in 1987.

The exhibit will be open through Jan. 7, 2018.