The largest year-round Christmas store in the world, Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland attracts two million people every year. After opening in 1945, Bronner’s quickly outgrew its original location and is now encompasses 45 acres including landscaped grounds. Don’t miss the 15ft snowman and ½ mile Christmas Lane, sparkling with approximately 100,000 lights. The 2.2-acre showroom requires a staggering amount of inventory: 6,000 styles of ornaments, 300 decorated trees, and over 50,000 trims and gifts. Each year shoppers purchase over two million ornaments and 125,000 light sets—and it’s a good thing they buy so much since the store’s electric bill is a whopping $1,250 a day.
Giant Santas, intricately made ornaments, tinsel and twine—these decorations and so much more await you at the best and biggest Christmas stores in the US. One things for sure, we’re not talking about the holiday decor section that pops up for a couple of months your local big box store. No, these stores take the holidays and put them on steroids. And we mean that in the best way possible.
Made for the Christmas-obsessed and those who believe it’s never too early to start preparing for the holiday season, these stores offer Christmas year-round: spring, summer, fall and winter. They range from the massive, 45-acre Bronner's Christmas Wonderland in Michigan to a charming Christmas village in the Smoky Mountains in Tennesse. Others take center stage at the best Christmas towns in America, like Santa Claus, Indiana or the North Pole, Alaska.
Step inside these dazzling (and somewhat disorienting) wonderlands featuring awe-inspiring light displays, perfected model villages, and other novelties. 'Tis the season to be jolly, and what better way to spread the holiday cheer than by exploring the most magical, whimsical, and festive shops across the nation?