{"id":414447,"date":"2026-09-30T06:20:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/414447\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T06:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:20:18","slug":"spirit-christmas-set-to-open-in-jacksonville-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/414447\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirit Christmas set to open in Jacksonville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Spirit;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spirithalloween.com\/content.jsp?pageName=spiritchristmas\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Spirit<\/a>, widely known for its themed pop-up stores across the country, will be expanding its latest holiday business venture here on the First Coast, but this time with a little Christmas cheer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Spirit Christmas is set to open at Westland Park Plaza in the Duclay area in November; however, an exact opening date has yet to be confirmed. Only three other locations have been announced besides a Jacksonville location: Clearwater, Coral Springs, and Winter Garden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Spirit Christmas is expected to follow its spooky October predecessor, taking over vacant big-box retail spaces and empty storefronts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;At Spirit, we believe the magic of the season does not end with Halloween\u2014it transforms,&#8221; Steven Silverstein, CEO of Spirit Christmas, said in <a data-ylk=\"slk:a statement in 2025;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstcoastnews.com\/article\/news\/nation-world\/spirit-christmas-stores-locations-opening-2025\/507-63c9dd3e-6e4a-4dc0-9d63-60f4b2a0c9b1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">a statement in 2025<\/a>. &#8220;Spirit Christmas is an extension of our sensory-rich, interactive holiday experiences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Spirit Christmas first opened its doors in the fall of 2024, but with only 10 locations across the Northeast. In 2025, the company expanded to 30 stores, venturing out to the Great Lakes area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spirit, widely known for its themed pop-up stores across the country, will be expanding its latest holiday business&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,17446],"class_list":["post-414447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-spirit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}