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Spirit Christmas is a seasonal retail store operated by Spencer Spirit Holdings. A sister brand to Spirit Halloween, the store offers various decorations and costumes for the Christmas season, along with visits from Santa Claus.

History

In 1990, seasonal pop-up store Spirit Halloween began extending their leases into November and December to test out a Christmas store concept. Founder Joseph Marver once stated, "The Christmas stores were just something I had to try since it wasn't difficult to add another 2 months to our 3 month lease." Adding "So it seemed like a no brainer to extend into Christmas."

At some point, the 1990’s incarnation of the store was discontinued. Spencer Gifts tested the concept themselves after acquiring the Spirit Halloween brand in 1999, operating their own Spirit Christmas stores in 2005 and 2006.

In 2024, the store was revived once more, with 10 locations initially scheduled before being reduced to 8 upon opening.

Products and Services

For it's revival in 2024, Spirit Christmas stores featured ISE's, a variety of decorations, stocking stuffers and costumes as well as a live Santa photo opportunity, hosted via the New Jersey-based company Where Is Santa.

Stores

The Spirit Christmas revival in 2024 included 8 retail locations, many of which were previously Spirit Halloween stores. The location list is as follows:

The Mays Landing location served as the chain's Flagship Location, and has been used as a test store for the concept. The location soft opened on October 17, 2024 followed by a full opening on the 18th.

On October 28, 2024 it was announced that the Waterford, CT and Albany, NY locations had been cancelled due to low inventory issues.

Trivia

  • Due to its obscurity and the era it happened in, very few photos or information have been recovered of the original two incarnations of Spirit Christmas.
  • For more information about Spirit Christmas and its products, please visit the Spirit Christmas Wiki.

Gallery

Videos

Spirit_Christmas_2024_Promotional_Video

Spirit Christmas 2024 Promotional Video

Social Media

Website

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