Santa Claus Christmas Store — Local services in Santa Claus

Crazy about Christmas!

My husband and I took a trip to Santa Claus Indiana this year for our anniversary. After hitting all of the Christmas places in the area, we knew we had to make a trip through the Christmas store. It all began on the outside, where we felt like little kids sticking our heads through the photo ops and then onto the inside.

The first room that we spent a good amount of time in was the village room. We were so excited to see all the different types of villages offered here. It began with the Halloween village and then moved onto the Disney Christmas village. I was particularly impressed by the village that had a Dairy Queen blizzard house and others of the type. Don’t forget the “A Christmas Story” village and Christmas Vacation village along with the Harry Potter one.

There were rooms that were filled with snowmen!

My son is a Coca-Cola fanatic and there was plenty of ornaments and decor to fill a room with here. I had to make sure and pick up a few items.

There is an adorable Santa House that is built within the building in the back. When it gets closer to Christmas time, Santa sits in his chair next to the fireplace, talking to the kids about what wishes they have for Christmas.

What would you find next to Santa’s house? Mrs. Claus’s Candy Shop! Here you could find lots of sweet treats, including cookies that were bigger than my hand. Santa would definitely be really pleased with these! Drinks and fudge were also offered here.

I specifically liked the wall of night lights. I have never seen that many holiday night lights anywhere and it was hard not to want to buy them all.

The sweets rooms were amazing as well! Ornaments, figurines…so sweet!

Then there was a gorgeous nativity room. It was nice to see that they had an entire room dedicated to what Christmas is about.

Need something personalized, they had a room filled with ornaments that could be personalized.

They even had an entire cabinet of Lenox made ornaments! Those make wonderful gifts!

Workers are very welcoming and friendly.

If you could have an ultimate Christmas store, this would definitely be it. There’s no way you would walk out of here empty-handed. Highly recommend when visiting Santa Claus!

Debit and credit cards accepted.

Open 10am-5pm everyday. Open...

Your level of enjoyment of this store will depend on a couple of factors: how much you like Christmas and how many Christmas stores you've been to.

I, for one, absolutely love Christmas, and I've now been to 5 major Christmas stores. Of all of them, this one ranks 4th. To me, that is unacceptable in a place called Santa Claus, IN.

What the store does right: it genuinely has some stunning and unique Christmas decor. If you've never been to a Christmas store before, it is absolutely worth stopping in.

What the store does wrong: it feels more corporate than all the others I've been to. The others have felt like an immersive holiday experience, and they naturally make you feel cozy. I actually felt a coldness in this store. I'm not talking about temperature at all here. It's very difficult to describe.

Our personal bad experience: Their products are sometimes mislabeled, which led to a genuine disagreement between us and staff. They had a light up painting marked at $36 and some change, and when we went to check out, they told us they'd have to get one from the back (store models and all). We waited between 10-15 minutes for her to come back with the wrong model. She then took the same amount of time to go back and find the right painting, but then there were no batteries to test it. That took another 5-10 minutes. In the end, they charged us 108 dollars. We took them back to where it was listed at 36, and it took them another 15 minutes to figure out what to do. I'm not angry that they didn't sell it to us for the mismatched price, I was angry at the attitude they showed because we walked out without buying it.

TL;DR - Keep your expectations in check. The Christmas Store in Santa Claus, IN, ranks low on the list of America's...

This is a very large store filled to the brim store of Christmas items. The majority of inventory is ornaments - VERY extensive variety of ornaments. You can get most any kind of ornament here and they are organized nicely with headers over the sections.

I liked that they had items grouped together by themes - EX gingerbread house theme, Grinch theme, elf themes, etc. I also liked that they had decorations, kitchen ware, stuffed animals, a few toys, gifting items, etc. A little something for everyone. My favorite item by far was the advent calendars. Theirs were made of wood and the doors were large enough to fit a small toy or funsize candy bar inside. They were stunning!

This store had pictures with Santa as well. I'm not sure if that is a seasonal offering or all the time, but I thought it was a nice touch. They also have a small coffee and snack counter at the back that was reasonably priced.

I gave 4 stars as this is a bit of a "touristy" store and the prices reflect that. It was worth the stop to browse and see if there was anything I couldn't...