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00:00This is a real actual nutcracker and you're gonna pay $35. Yeah, you are. I'm not, but someone is.

00:10Where are we? We are at Spirit Christmas in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts. This is the only

00:15location in Massachusetts and one of only two in New England and there's only 10 total.

00:19Obviously affiliated with Spirit Halloween. Yes, same company. This is kind of like a trial year,

00:24right? Yes, they might have experimented with this in the past, but this is the first time we're in

00:28modern era. Wait a minute, you're saying that Spirit Christmas has opened other times? Yes,

00:33they deny it, but there's this Spirit Halloween fan site and they have a small section with a

00:38couple blurry photos of some Spirit Christmases from the 90s and maybe the 2000s. The mandala

00:44effect. This one opened just a few days ago. Oh, just a few days. No wonder there's a tremendous

00:49amount of hype here. This is the first weekend. So there are a tremendous amount of customers,

00:53but not that many leaving with bags. It opens in the old Christmas tree shop location. Yeah,

00:57well, I mean, it is a good themed building for it, isn't it? It still has the sleigh glass

01:02up in the window with the tree. Yeah, I couldn't help but notice they didn't choose the Circuit

01:05City location. Yes. And remember, of course, we went to this very Christmas tree shop,

01:09you know, in 2016. We did. Outside of just wandering around and looking at the store,

01:13do you have anything on a shopping list? I do, actually. First, I need some of those wire

01:18hangers. I was making ornaments out of fish hooks. I also am looking for some high quality ornaments.

01:22Now, I don't know if this is going to be the right place for that. If they have some nice things,

01:25I'd definitely be in the market. Remember I gave you the Anne and Hope and the Benny ones? Yes,

01:30those go on my tree every year. I love them. I'm surprised. Can't get them now,

01:32those are limited edition. Santa? Santa? He definitely had a Santa. He had the red shirt,

01:37the big white beard. He had a Santa working Santa look. I wouldn't be surprised if he's

01:41like going to be Santa inside shortly. Nick Foley? Gloria wants to go from mall to mall,

01:45meet different Santas, and she has questions. You should mix up the story. Yeah. Oh,

01:49you want to see if they all get their story straight? Get it all consistent?

01:53Da-da-da-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba. They want it to be a story that's an experience. Yes. Is it just me

01:58or does it feel like Spirit Halloween? Like the cardboard kind of... Like the makeup would go

02:01right there, you know? Gloria, now when the reindeer leaps out at you, it won't be frightening.

02:06It just kind of dances calmly. I feel like some of those things are repurposed for Halloween,

02:10like giant candy bars. That used to be Michael Myers' house of doom. Now it's a candy cane.

02:15Yes. Oh, I like those. What's in Junt's sleigh? Yes. Wait, why is there a sandworm? This place is

02:21packed. It is. I have not seen retail packed like this in so long. Do you like him? Good kitty.

02:29Gloria, look at him doing a little sassy dance.

02:38Look at the frosty hat. Oh yeah. And when they placed it on his head. I bet just two weeks ago

02:44he was the corpse bride. He's just speaking it instead of singing it?

03:02Oh, that's this electronic audio. Yes. I'm a little less of a fan of that. What do you think

03:07of this cute snowman in a swing though, dude? That's cute. You can't put it outside, can you?

03:12He's only $190. Only $190. Oh, look at this. We will bring back your letter. It's got kind of a

03:19red alert, green alert. I've seen videos of it online. I believe it is hardwired to nice. It

03:25doesn't light up naughty and the floor doesn't open out from under you. You can ask an associate

03:30for a Santa postcard. The footprint is so tiny compared to what the store used to be in. Oh

03:37yeah, because it's cardboarded most of it off. I expected more footprint. Well again, this is a

03:41trial. They're probably trying to keep costs a little low. Yeah. Hey Gloria, you've heard of Saint

03:45Nick, but what about Junter Klaus? You remember meeting him as a child? You can see Santa here.

03:52Of course you can. You know, you got it right. Let's see if he gets a story straight. So I'm

03:56just going to ask him some questions and if he makes the same answers of the other Santa,

04:02then there's something, then Santa's real. If he, if they all mix the questions up,

04:08then he's not real. So you're looking for consistency cross Santas. And you have to

04:12write them down and see on your phone. Gloria's like, I'm just going to ask him a few questions.

04:16Yeah. Santa would be all right if I just asked a few. It would be okay if I asked you a few

04:20questions. Cheapest we can do it for is like 40 bucks, $39.99. For a photo? Is it to visit

04:25free? Santa, I have a few questions. They're not going to be impolite, but they're going to be firm.

04:30Can I actually say that? You can say whatever you'd like. This elf over here reminds me of

04:34the elf from Home Alone. The one who's leaving? Like they've closed up for the night? Yes. Yes.

04:38Oh, thanks. This could be the real dude. You never know. Pretend that every Santa

04:42may be the real Santa. Yes. I'm going to ask you some questions. You're going to ask me some

04:47questions. Does the reindeer ever get tired? And is it hard to take care of the reindeer?

04:52No, because see the reindeer graze all year long. They rest. And then when Christmas time comes,

04:59they're very fresh and strong and there's no problem. My only problem is I got to keep

05:04feeding them all the time. You know, they eat a lot of food. There's eight of them.

05:09That makes sense. That makes very much sense. It does. Story checks out. Now, Gloria, how old are you?

05:15Seven. You sure you're not 17? I'm sure I'm not 17. Okay, you're seven. You sound like 17.

05:22You know, a lot of questions. I'm in second grade. Second grade. And what's your favorite subject in school?

05:28Technology. Yeah, technology, I'd say. Yeah, are you good at math? I'm great. I'm fresh.

05:37Oh, you're working good. Good. I was never too great at math. My favorite subject was music

05:42or lunch. I like those. You like that? Yeah. Now, is there something special you want for Christmas?

05:49Do you say special? I'm trying to get in all of my presents before Christmas so that I don't have

05:56to ask for anything for Christmas so that I don't need a Christmas present. Oh, do you have a special?

06:02I do have a special present for my mom and dad. Oh, that's nice. So you want me to bring the surprises?

06:11Of course I want. You did it last year. You did that last year. You like coal?

06:18I have got coal before. It's coal. What, like those chocolate coals again? Oh my gosh, it's real coal.

06:26I'm just going to leave that. Coal is actually useful. Yes, it is. Especially if you're a

06:32Cub Scout and I'm a Cub Scout. The coal I bring you, you can eat it. Oh, the chocolate coal. It's

06:36candy coal. Chocolate coal. Yes. Make sure you check it out beforehand. Don't put a piece of

06:42real coal in your mouth. You'll break all your teeth. Very good. Well, I'm glad you came and

06:47see me. You are really a handful. I will see you at Christmas time, okay? I'll see you too.

06:54Very good. Give me five. Not going to try to trap you, just going to try to see you.

07:00Is that worker Santa? Is that who you saw? That was who we saw, yeah. Oh, look at who we have here.

07:05Your favorite. The very appropriate children's cartoon South Park. Yes. They have a lot of

07:11apparel, which kind of makes sense. So it's just, it's Christmas lights. It's cute. Yeah. But it's

07:15branded Christmas. I do. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Look at that thing. PJ and Matt for the Christmas

07:22special. PJ and Matt. It comes in different sizes. Like as if you would get this in a small

07:26for two people. There you go. Ladies and gentlemen, the two headed daughter and mother.

07:32So stand up. It'll teach us to cooperate. It'll teach you to cooperate. We saw a really great

07:37show. And off they go. You guys are physically connected again. Let's take it off for now

07:44actually. Yeah. You're meant to be, you know, out in the snow, I suppose. I'm kind of attracted to

07:49some of this kitsch. I am too. I would actually like to get myself a nice, like silly Christmas

07:54sweater. How about this festive AF one? I'm a certified freak. Let's f*** around and find out.

07:58Yeah. There's this undertone of like spook here as well. Like just lingering in the corners.

08:03Overstock. How about a really good ceramic cookie jar? That would be lovely. Oreo cookies inside

08:08of it. Yeah. These are fun. They're soap dispensers. Not bad. 10 bucks. 10 bucks for a

08:12soap. They're a little like, how much soap do I need for the Christmas season? I can't believe

08:16Santa over here. This guy's messing around. It's the real Santa. Like cheesy Christmas movies where

08:22like you encounter him in the grocery store. He's just a guy, but you can tell he's definitely

08:27Santa. Then you see him at the gym the next day and it's a little less magical. Yes.

08:32So you went like in the post office and then you're like, okay, you're accountant. You weren't

08:36as transient as I thought. Yeah. You're very present in the world. You just have to live in

08:41my town all season. You're not the real Santa. It sounds like a short film written itself.

08:46I have a South Park snow globe that is very precious to me because it was a gift in the

08:50Comedy Central offices and I bought it for 50 bucks on eBay when I was 14. Well, that's some

08:55of those things. Like you just can't find them again. These are like cheapo nutcrackers. This

09:00is just like, sell them, sell them, sell them. It's still 10 bucks. It's definitely cardboard.

09:04Yeah. Cardboard. Oh yeah. This is much better. This is a real actual nutcracker. And you're

09:09going to pay $35. Yeah, you are. I'm not, but someone is. Krampus is really splashed onto the

09:16scene. Sure. And of course Spirit is going to emphasize it all. Ceramic figurines. That's an

09:20old item. I'm looking for the ornaments and the ball molds. I haven't seen any of them yet. What

09:25about like big, gaudy, puffy? All right. The red ones with the sequins does appeal to me. I could

09:31hang it between my storm door and my regular door. 10 bucks. Everything's 10 bucks. 10 below.

09:3610 below. 10 Spirit below. I like it. I don't quite like it enough to buy it. Big Christmas

09:41signs. I don't really know what the application is. Put it on wall. Wall art. Winnie the Pooh and

09:46Christmas 2 is an underrated Christmas special. I don't know if I've seen it since I was a child.

09:51Yeah. And I bet you it would come flooding back if you watched it. Bro. With individual cheese

09:57noodles. Yeah. Look, let me see that. How much am I going to have to pay? Oh, it's going to be

10:00expensive. It's ice cream brand. Kind of love the Reese's one. What do you think? Am I a peanut

10:04butter cup guy or am I a pieces guy? Because they got pieces up there. I don't know. I mean,

10:08you always seem to be as more of a peanut butter cup guy. Yeah. But I actually prefer the pieces.

10:14It's got individual noodles. So cheap. Give me a word on inflatables.

10:18I like them, but not in my yard. Yeah. And NIMBY. Not in my backyard.

10:25These are ornaments right here. Clearance ornaments or something. And then it's mostly food.

10:29You can get board game ornaments. Does that do anything for you? Stuffing mix. Comma generic.

10:33Why is this textured in fabric? It just seems like as it sits outside, it's going to moldinate.

10:38True. But don't you think it kind of sets it apart from your average craft?

10:41It absolutely does. Yeah. Have you ever seen the Matt Groening Christmas movie,

10:46Olive, the other reindeer? I don't think I've ever seen it. It's funny and good. Yeah. And a

10:51unique animation style. And it's from like 20 years ago. I would probably love it then. I like

10:54the little tree. I wish the lights weren't so chintzy. I guess I do like gigantic one. I mean,

10:59look at Rudolph over here. He looks like a Trojan horse. Sabotage Christmas from within his belly.

11:04You know, the snow globe is kind of interesting, but generally speaking, it all strikes me as

11:08paper tigers. Yeah, exactly. Christmas without class. Yeah. We don't have the Christmas place

11:13anymore. This place doesn't, you know, pales in comparison. Something that they could do,

11:17though, is make this bigger. Yeah. I think there's more to do. More variety of inventory. And I

11:21understand this is the first year, so they don't want to go crazy. They're obviously not trying to

11:24make it a traditional Christmas story. Remember what set Christmas place apart was it had like

11:29different levels of value. Yes. And it had things like the roasted nuts. And they've tried to do

11:34that a little with the Santa. Part of the whole concept of the brand, though, is you keep the

11:38store cheap. Unfortunately, that's the mark way up to the price is hearing. OK, I mean, some of

11:43them are fine. What we have here, pasta, holiday shaped pasta. Well, that needs investigation.

11:48Also, during this whole Stanley craze, you can get some like Christmas and also not Christmas.

11:54Both. OK. It's kind of like the Harvest Pasta colors, but they've taken out the orange and

11:59up the green a little bit and called it a day. I'm kind of done on novelty pasta.

12:03What about just shaped pasta in general, though? I like it. It's tasty. It's six bucks for a

12:07package of this outrageous. You know, I know what this cost to produce. This should be

12:12three. Fifty is a good price for bucks. This is just F.Y.E. slash. Yeah. Newbery comics. Yeah.

12:18It's literally stock from Spencer gets wearable blankets. Yeah. Wearable blankets at your Shrek

12:22because Shrek is still very popular. Yes. I don't have a wearable blanket. I don't have a

12:26snuggie or that. Do you lament not having one? I think like it's probably a missing part of my

12:31life. Yeah. No, you should get one. Get a nice one. Don't just buy the next wearable blanket.

12:35I see. Yes. Just a load of put your beverage in this and drink it. Yeah. The stuffed animal stock

12:41is actually pretty good. I mean, look at that. I didn't think I would see plushes again anytime

12:46soon. Right. He's a challenging character because he's both frightening and cute. Yeah. And they've

12:50definitely cutened him up a little here. Yeah. But he is also frightening. Yes. Because he looks

12:54kind of like a freakish raisin. Look, Cindy Lou, who's my first thought was anything with Nightmare

12:59Before Christmas, you can double up on. Yeah, exactly. And they've done it all over the place.

13:02Yeah. But here's the thing about that. It's dishonest. I'll tell you why. Yeah. Nightmare

13:06Before Christmas is a Halloween movie. And that's that. That's that. I understand there's Christmas

13:10elements in it. It's not a Christmas movie. It's not a Christmas movie. Soda socks that come in a

13:14vending machine. Cute. Except once you unwrap it, it's done. Yeah. The joke is over. And then I'm

13:19just wearing one pair of spray socks. Don't just drink them. Blast them. It's for high alcohol

13:25consumption rates. What am I looking at? Oh, it's a micro puzzle. Oh, for the space constrained

13:30among us. Yes. For people with very good eyesight. You wouldn't be able to tell one piece from the

13:34next. No, but I can tell that this is a chicken tender keychain. Yes. Cindy keychain. Men to avoid

13:40in art and life. Museum bums. That's kind of a side question. Do you reckon that the seasonal

13:47employee pipeline from Spirit Halloween can enter right into this store? Absolutely. So that's a nice

13:53idea. Yes. So then you've got a three month or four month job. Yes. Instead of just a like a two

13:57month job. Yeah. Some people are showing up in their jammies. I'm not sure it's like a Christmas

14:01event over here, but you know, it's fun. It's getting there. Nina, take me to the blow mold

14:06department, please. 39.99. Wow. You think that's expensive for a blow mold? Yes. It's so cheap to

14:16make that. Serious amounts of lights on wheels. Yes. 24.99. Shouldn't the net effect be with stupid

14:23prices like this that people just stop wanting things so badly? Yeah. Like, I won't have lights.

14:28Yeah, that's it. All right. It's time for me to do the inevitable, which is check to see if I could

14:32buy this on eBay for a lot of us. We have a whole photo shoot that we did in the Christmas village.

14:37This is adorable. Oh, I like the performances. Probably going to choose one as our ridiculous

14:41Christmas card, much to our family's chagrin. Look, I'm over there doing price check.

14:48And the verdict is? 46 is the list. That is a lot of money. I mean, I think it's awesome. If it's

14:54not on eBay, it must be new this year. How many noodles do you get? One, two, three, four. Four

14:59noodles. Four noodles. I mean, if you just got the noodles, you're talking nearly $12 a noodle.

15:08Good reading. Wonderful reading, Gloria. I just need a pillow, glass of milk,

15:11and then I'm sold. You like the Oreos with the Oreos inside? That is the last of the

15:15macaronis. I think we're done here. I think we're done. John's card is empty? I couldn't even find

15:19my ornament hangers. Didn't have Christmas essentials. We're going to have to go to,

15:24like, Walmart? We didn't even get a chance to look at the impulse buys. Like, Miracle Snow.

15:27I think I'm okay. Yeah. White trees. Nice in theory, not for me. They belong in retail,

15:32but they don't belong in homes. Yes. Find a nice fake silver one. Or decorate a palm tree. The

15:37whole place is scented. I should add that. Yeah, cinnamon. Cinnamon. Cinnamon. Cinnamon.

15:44It's like in Disney World, where they pump out the smell into Main Street of cookies and vanilla.

15:48That's employees only, my friend. Employees only. She wants to look in there. You can look through

15:52the crack. You can see Santa's elves working in their fishnets. So, would you ever go back in

15:56there? It was fun to visit. I'd check it again next year. I'm left feeling empty inside. I'm

16:01not empty. I'm just a little disappointed. Does it cancel Christmas? Are we Hanukkah people now?

16:05Yep. Oh, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Lila, Menorah.

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