Amazon you have to wait for stuff to come in the mail, although Spirit Halloween DOES have a website too, so you can order from them. I guess I like the experience of walking into a store and looking around and picking something out. Maybe I'm a little old fashioned that way?
Growing up, going to the mall was a rare, but fun and exciting treat. I think that's because we had to drive at least an hour to get there. Where I live now, it's at least an hour and a half to any of those big chain stores.
I realize brick and mortar holiday stores aren't necessarily anything new. After all, "The Christmas House" comes to mind, which I remember them having a small outlet at a mall. Honestly I forgot about "The Christmas House" until it was brought up.
But, I guess I'm much more optimistic about it than everyone else here.
Spirit Halloween is a wonderful store, they have a lot of great decorations and costumes and I always have fun walking into one even if I might at most, get a small trinket. It has a fun, magical quality to it. They put a lot of care into their decorations and ensembles. If they put that much care into Christmas, then I'm all for it and curious to see what kind of a spin they could put on it. I think Spirit will put a unique spin on Christmas and I'm excited to see their take on it.
But then, I love both Christmas and Halloween so...that might add to my optimism.
Murf, I like your idea of having vacation Christmas ornaments to hang on the tree to remember fun times with family and friends during the holidays. I think getting an ornament is a great idea! And you're right, they aren't expensive, nor do they take up a lot of room. I always like getting a souvenir whenever I go somewhere. Usually it's a tee shirt or a collectible cup though. But the Christmas tree seems like a nice place to display those and reminisce.
