The Halloween spirit doesn’t disappear the moment the clock strikes midnight on November 1st. They’ll hold on a little longer.
The pop-up retail chain, which for years has mysteriously appeared in empty storefronts across the country every fall, confirmed it will be turning pumpkins and giant skulls into Santa hats and inflatable snowmen. people.
Ten Christmas-themed retail stores called “Spirit Christmas” will open across the Northeast, with some stores replacing the current “Spirit Christmas” and others opening in new locations, where guests will be greeted by a giant wink Eyes of Santa’s welcome.
This is amazing news for those of us who don’t know Do Jump scares and creepy clowns, but never turn down the chance to buy a new Christmas mug or animatronic elf.
The new store will also have a real-life Santa Claus for people to meet and greet.
“Each store offers a unique shopping experience filled with a wide variety of holiday decorations, apparel, inflatables, gifts and stocking stuffers,” a spokesperson for Spirit Honors said.
“Guests can meet Santa, take their annual Christmas card photo and receive a free digital postcard featuring you and Santa,” the spokesperson continued. “Wander through the life-size gingerbread village, where you can send a letter to Santa at the North Pole and see if you’re naughty or nice.”
The official Spirit Christmas website also previews what the free Santa photos (already available for pre-order) will look like, showing a family sitting among oversized gifts and gingerbread houses, posing with the man in red.
The first Spirit Christmas store in Mays Landing, New Jersey, will open on October 18, with the other nine stores expected to open in early November.
It looks like those living on the East Coast are the lucky ones to experience one of the first Sprit Christmas stores.
New Jersey will open more festival mall pop-ups in Marlton, Brick and Woodbridge. In New York, Spiritual Christmas pop-ups will also open in Albany, Bohemia and Poughkeepsie.
There are also plans to open locations in Erie, Pennsylvania; Waterford, Connecticut; and Dartmouth, Massachusetts.