I have one who I could never celebrate Christmas without. My parents gave him to me when I went and saw the Nutcracker as a toddler. I named him "Horseshoe" because the painted chain thing on his hat looked like a horseshoe to me. He's on my mantle every year, it wouldn't be Christmas without him.
My grandma has 30ish nutcrackers that go on display in her kitchen every winter. My sister is usually the one who puts them up and she has called "dibs" on them as her inheritance lol.