'Tis the season to do a little shopping for some festive holiday decor
The First Spirit Christmas Store Is Open! Here’s a Sneak Peek
Updated on Oct. 22, 2024
With the spooky season upon us, you’ve no doubt noticed Spirit Halloween rising from the dead and setting up shop in abandoned storefronts near you. If you’ve ever visited the seasonal store, you know that it’s a one-stop shop for all things creepy and crawly, ghoulish and gruesome. In other words: Spirit carries all things Halloween, from costumes to decorations to makeup and everything you need to throw a spine-chilling soiree.
This year, the company is embracing another major holiday. Once the ghouls have returned to their graves, Spirit will go into Christmas mode. That’s right: Spirit will bring the same festive holiday cheer to 10 Spirit Christmas stores. To help you plan your ho-ho-holiday shopping, we’re breaking down everything you need to know about this new store, including where you’ll find it and what holiday goodies it will sell.
The first Spirit Christmas store is already open, so break out the tinsel and get ready to feel the Christmas spirit long before Dec. 25 rolls around.
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Where can I find a Spirit Christmas store?
This is the first time the retailer has embraced the Christmas spirit, so all 10 Spirit Christmas locations will be pop-ups, or temporary stores similar to their Halloween counterparts. The flagship store, located in Mays Landing, New Jersey, is open and ready to help you get into the holiday spirit! The other nine locations, spread out across the Northeast, are set to open in early to mid-November. All Spirit Christmas stores will stay open through the holiday season.
Here’s the full list of Spirit Christmas stores opening this fall:
- Mays Landing, New Jersey: Consumer Square (now open)
- Marlton, New Jersey: Willow Ridge
- Brick, New Jersey: Market Place at Brick
- Woodbridge, New Jersey: The Plaza at Woodbridge
- Albany, New York: Colonie Center
- Bohemia, New York: Sayville Plaza
- Poughkeepsie, New York: Chestnut Plaza
- Erie, Pennsylvania: Mill Creek Mall
- Waterford, Connecticut: Crystal Mall
- Dartmouth, Massachusetts: Faunce Corner Shopping Center
What types of items will Spirit Christmas sell?
Spirit Christmas’s flagship location in Mays Landing, New Jersey, opened its doors on Oct. 18, and from what we can tell, strolling the store’s aisles feels like walking in a winter wonderland. (Just check out Wildwood Video Archive’s video below!) There are seemingly endless options for both indoor and outdoor holiday decorations, including Christmas lights, ornaments and even inflatables, like Christmas trees and a giant holiday teddy bear.
You’ll be able to shop thousands—yes, thousands—of stocking stuffers for everyone on your holiday shopping list. You can also peruse a wide selection of cheery, seasonal apparel, like pajamas, T-shirts and ugly Christmas sweaters for adults, kids and even pets.
Need a white elephant gift? Spirit Christmas has you covered. Festive kitchen and bath decor? The store has that too. Candy and even animated decor? You know where to go. If you’ve never attempted to bring your favorite Christmas decoration ideas to life, now’s your chance.
Not one to abandon its spooky, Halloween roots, Spirit Christmas even has a truly unique “Creepmas” section that blends Christmas-themed decor with a creepy, dark and haunting twist. If you love Halloween as much as you love Christmas or think Krampus is pretty cool, the Creepmas aisles are definitely for you.
What else will Spirit Christmas offer?
For kids (and kids at heart), the pop-up shops will have plenty of interactive ways to deliver the Christmas spirit. Take a fun photo with your face atop a gingerbread man or with your feet in comically oversized Christmas shoes. You can even meet Santa, have your photo taken and download a free digital postcard of the photo.
You can also take a stroll down Gingerbread Lane, then wander around a life-size gingerbread village that has a postbox where you can mail a letter to Santa. Hopefully, you’ve been good this year because you’ll even find out whether you’ve been naughty or nice!
OK, but when is Spirit Christmas coming to my town?
For now, there are no plans for Spirit Christmas pop-up stores in any other regions, but chances are, if they’re as successful as Spirit Halloween stores, we’ll be seeing them across the country soon enough. In fact, shopping at Spirit Christmas might become one of your new favorite holiday traditions.
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- Spirit: “Spirit Christmas”
