Kathy Bernard's K-Town is home to more than 100 miniature people who ski, cut wood, shop, skate and visit with Santa. She creates it in her basement for her grandchildren.
(ADAM PROSKIW / iNFOnews.ca)
December 25, 2016 - 11:30 AM
KELOWNA – Kathy Bernard’s miniature Christmas town has grown again.
It now not only takes up an entire 250 square foot section of her basement, but with the addition of a ski hill, has climbed up one of the walls to the ceiling. She says her husband has cut her off at nine 8-foot tables. That doesn't, however, mean the city has stopped growing.
This year K-Town, or Kathy’s Town, has a new train station, a new house, a camper, a second barn and a cabin. It takes her around a month to set it all up, and she admits she occasionally gets sucked into the world she works so hard to create.
“That’s Parker’s cabin,” she says, pointing to one of her newest residents. “Parker is the name of the person who lives there.”
Kathy is protective of her creation doesn’t let just anyone into K-Town, it is reserved for close friends and family.
“It’s for my grandchildren,” she says. "I’d be scared to let people in here, who knows what they’d think. It’s a little out of control.”
To contact a reporter for this story, email Adam Proskiw or call 250-718-0428 or email the editor. You can also submit photos, videos or news tips to the newsroom and be entered to win a monthly prize draw.
We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. We won't censor or delete comments unless they contain off-topic statements or links, unnecessary vulgarity, false facts, spam or obviously fake profiles. If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above.
News from © iNFOnews, 2016