A Christmas store is a
retail
Retail is the sale of goods and services to consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is the sale to business or institutional customers. A retailer purchases goods in large quantities from manufacturers, directly or through a wholes ...
store specializing in
Christmas
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating Nativity of Jesus, the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a Religion, religious and Culture, cultural celebration among billions of people Observance of Christmas by coun ...
supplies, especially decorations.
Overview
Many Christmas stores operate only seasonally in the month or two before the Christmas holidays, perhaps set up in otherwise vacant
shopping mall
A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a large indoor shopping center, usually Anchor tenant, anchored by department stores. The term ''mall'' originally meant pedestrian zone, a pedestrian promenade with shops along it, but in the late 1960s, i ...
space. However, in some places, Christmas stores operate year-round, becoming somewhat of a
tourist attraction
A tourist attraction is a place of interest that tourists visit, typically for its inherent or exhibited natural or cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, offering leisure and amusement.
Types
Places of natural beaut ...
in their own right.
Examples of items that feature prominently in Christmas stores include
nutcrackers
A nutcracker is a tool designed to open nut (food), nuts by cracking their shells. There are many designs, including levers, screws, and ratchets. The lever version is also used for cracking lobster as food, lobster and crab as food, crab shells. ...
,
angel figures, and holiday-related
stuffed animals
A stuffed toy is a toy with an outer fabric sewn from a textile and stuffed with flexible material. They are known by many names, such as plush toys, plushies, lovies and stuffies; in Britain and Australia, they may also be called soft toys ...
.
See also
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Pop-up retail
Pop-up retail, also known as pop-up store (pop-up shop in the UK, Australia and Ireland) or flash retailing, is a trend of opening short-term sales spaces that last for days to weeks before closing down, often to latch onto a fad or scheduled e ...
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Economics of Christmas
The economics of Christmas are significant because Christmas is typically a high-volume selling season for goods suppliers around the world. Sales increase dramatically as people purchase gifts, decorations, and supplies to celebrate. In the ...
References
External links
Christmas Gift Box
Store
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