The holiday season is here, and people are already bringing their wreaths and lights out of storage. If you haven't joined in on the reindeer games or your decorations could use a bit of updating, the following retailers have all the best Christmas decor you could want.
Whether you like your holiday cheer to be traditional, modern, eclectic, or rustic, you can deck your halls, walls, and everything else in knickknacks, candles, garlands, unique ornaments, and so much more. There are plenty of options for the lawn and roof as well. From those who simply want an elegant wreath to people planning to go full Clark Griswold, you should be able to get almost everything on your list.
Be sure to also check out our other Christmas buying guides, including our guide to the best artificial Christmas trees.
Anthropologie
For the holidays, Anthropologie brings its usual boho, arty feel to greenery, ornaments, and more.
Anthropologie
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Best for: Trendy and colorful decor
Anthropologie seems to grow its holiday assortment each year, starting off with the most charming assortment of ornaments and creative garlands. If you want a stocking that stands out from the crowd, the brand'sfringedorvelvetones might appeal to you, as might the unique holders.
The candle collection is both beautiful and festively fragrant: There are wooden trees that smell like balsam and cedarwood, a candy cane scent, and city-themed candles in various aromas.
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Grandin Road
Grandin Road has a curated selection of holiday decor, including some truly unique offerings.
Grandin Road
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Best for: High-quality and large scale pieces
If you're already counting the days until Christmas, Grandin Road has the DIY advent calendar for you. The store's options aren't exhaustive, but it does encompass a lot of tastes. There's greenery in all sorts of styles, and the doormat section is especially adorable.
Perhaps Grandin Road's most attention-grabbing decorations are the startlingly realistic sheep, which look like they might stroll over and munch your sofa at any moment.
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Hammacher Schlemmer
It's been in business for over 170 years, but Hammacher Schlemmer offers Christmas decor beyond the traditional.
Hammacher Schlemmer
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Best for: Classic Christmas items
Started as a hardware store in 1848, Hammacher Schlemmer has been selling unique items via catalog since 1881. It's known for product testing much of what it sells, including its Christmas trees — some of which cost over $1,000, if you opt for one taller than 8 feet.
While the store offers the usual Christmas fare, from wreaths to angel tree toppers, it also offers a few more offbeat choices. For example, if you want to make a big splash outdoors, there's a 15-foot inflatable Rudolph with a blinking nose. Apologies in advance to your neighbors.
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The Home Depot
The Home Depot has an impressive selection of outdoor holiday decorations, but they don't neglect the indoors, either.
The Home Depot
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Best for: Going big with your outdoor decor
The Home Depot has everything you'd expect from a hardware store at Christmas, including artificial trees, outdoor inflatables, and yard ornaments. But it also has much more. You can buy outdoor trees, many of which are pre-lit — very nice if you're in a cold climate.
There are also pages and pages of Christmas lights on The Home Depot's website. Helpfully, you can narrow the choices in all sorts of ways, from color to power source to bulb shape to length. This year, there is also an emphasis on licensed characters from The Grinch, Mickey, Elf, and more… and lots of adorable can door greeters, like this golden retriever.
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Pottery Barn
From reindeer serving trays to nostalgic dinnerware, Pottery Barn excels at helping you set your holiday table.
Pottery Barn
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Best for: Cozy and traditional bedding, tabletop, and accessories
When it's Christmastime, Pottery Barn should rename itself, Holiday Barn, with a nice assortment of decor, tabletop, bedding, and lots of greenery.
For some, Christmas Eve is made extra special when they get to snuggle up in some holiday sheets. You'll find Christmas cats, apres ski comforters, gingerbread pillows, and more. Though not as vast as the Christmas section, check out the Diwali and Hanukkah shops for more holiday items.
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Balsam Hill
Balsam Hill makes artificial Christmas trees, but there's much more to stock up on, as well.
Balsam Hill
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Best for: Faux greenery
In addition to offering some of the most high-quality realistic artificial trees on the market, Balsam Hill has one of the more useful ways to find a wreath or garland. It lets you narrow down the choices by size and other descriptors, like realistic, undecorated, or safe for the outdoors. Styles like "farmhouse" are congregated on a single page, so you can easily find coordinating foliage.
There are also some more unique items on offer, like the life-sized Santa or an extremely convincing North Pole mailbox. Balsam Hill also partners with the Biltmore Estate and sells ornaments and other items inspired by the holiday decorations at the historic, Gilded Age mansion that the Vanderbilt family built.
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CB2
If you like the modern aesthetic, CB2's holiday decorations match its furniture in both quality and vibe.
CB2
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Best for: Modern and contemporary holiday decor
Not everyone will find something in CB2's holiday section. The collection veers toward a particular style: modern and simple, with fairly muted colors. Metallics, black, and white all show up frequently.
Many of the items are elegant and unique. The wreaths are unusual and eye-catching. Acrylic nutcrackers, marble trees, and alabaster snowmen are modern twists on traditional favorites.
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Target
Target wants to make it easier for you to pull together a look this Christmas.
Target
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Best for: Best devoted holiday section from a big-box retailers
Not everyone has an eye for what coordinates and what clashes, which is why Target's 40-count ornament sets can make your Christmas tree look stylish while filling up a lot of branches.
For the rest of your home, Target also has a giant, browsable Christmas section, with lights, trees, wreaths, stockings, advent calendars, and on, and on, and on. Almost everything you need, in other words.
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Wayfair
In addition to its usual furniture and decor, Wayfair has a whole holiday section full of everything from wreaths to bedding.
Wayfair
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Best for: A surprising mix of indoor and outdoor decor
You know a place is serious about its holiday decorations when its number of wreaths is in the thousands. Wayfair's outdoor ornaments come in all sorts of styles, too, from a light-up moose toan oversized garage banner.
For indoors, there's everything you'd expect: trees, lights, and ornaments, with hundreds of choices in each category. There is an almost overwhelming amount of everything, so the filter options at the top of the site are good places to start.
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Michaels
Michaels was made for people who look at a premade wreath and think, "I could do that."
Michaels
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Best for: Crafting and decorative accents
Many people are looking for indoor activities this year, and making holiday decorations will both save you some money and keep you busy. Ribbons and decorative ornaments, as well as everything you need to create your own holiday cards, are available at Michaels.
In addition, Michaels also has DIY-less decor, from LED candles to tree skirts to Lemax Christmas villages. Even your mailbox doesn't have to feel left out.
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Amazon
For holiday decor, Amazon covers all the bases, no matter what you're looking for.
Amazon
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Best for: One-stop shopping
Amazon is a one-stop shop for many, and Christmas decorations are no exception. Sometimes you don't want to spend hours decorating but still want your home to feel cheery. Pillows are an easy way to instantly make a couch or bedroom holiday-ready. Window decals are equally quick to put up and take down. Or a cluster of bottle brush trees on a mantle quickly tie the look together.
The retailer also has lots of lighting choices, including strands of snowflakes and stars. Since it's Amazon, you also pick up your tree and probably everything you want to go on it (and under it), too.
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Etsy
Etsy's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and it's the best place to find handmade, vintage, or unique decorations.
Etsy
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Best for: Handmade, vintage, and unique items
Etsy has plentiful options for finding fun and festive holiday decorations. You can search by type of decor or by style. There's even an entire section devoted toholiday housesand one-of-a-kind vintage decor.
For the table, you can find embroidered napkins and merry mugs. Etsy is also a great place to find personalized ornamentstoo.
Pay attention to sellers' locations and shipping options to ensure you get your goods before the holidays are over.
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L.L.Bean
L.L.Bean's Christmas selection is limited, but you still may find exactly what you're looking for, especially if you want a traditional vibe.
L.L.Bean
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Best for: Cozy bedding and stockings
While L.L.Bean doesn't have the breadth of holiday goods of some of the other retailers on the list, it does offer a number of items that fit in with a rustic vibe. Its winter sheet selection is also among our favorites in our guide to the best flannel sheets.
The store also has quite a few choices when it comes to needlepoint stockings to hang from the fireplace. These can be personalized, too, so no one has to know you didn't break out the needle and thread yourself.
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T.J. Maxx
It's a treasure hunt both in-store and online at T.J.Maxx, with many holiday items to be found.
TJ Maxx
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Best for: A holiday treasure hunt
While the true rush of shopping at T.J.Maxx comes from perusing the aisles, if you're not up to braving the crowds and the chaos, you can still shop online. You'll find lots of smaller items and accessories, including a delightful assortment oftabletopto cozythrows and pillows. There are more than 1,000 holiday items to explore, all at an incredible value.
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Society6
If you love to decorate every room of your house — including the bathroom — you'll want to take a look at Society6.
Society6
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Best for: Unique prints and illustrations
Society6's marketplace lets you purchase designs — many created by independent artists — in just about any form, from clocks to comforters to mugs. That means you can get a matching bath mat and shower curtain with T-Rexes in Santa hats or a coquette-inspired holiday bow table runner with a serving tray to match.
If you care as much about what's under the tree as what's on it, then just any wrapping paper won't do. Cover your gifts in an ugly sweater pattern (which is actually kind of cute) or gingerbread villages. For those who don't have a ton of holiday cards to send, the stationery sets are cute (but pricey), especially this cat tangled up in Christmas lights.
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Paper Source
Stationery store Paper Source has some spectacular holiday wrapping paper, quirky ornaments, and fun decor.
Paper Source
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Best for: Gift wrapping
It can be fun to match tree decor with the presents that go under. Paper Source has an impressive selection of wrapping paper, ranging from whimsical to elegant and artistic.You can also find some cute ornaments, adorable advent calendars, holiday craft kits, tree skirts, and plush toys on offer.
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The Vermont Country Store
Like something out of a Hallmark Christmas movie, the Vermont Country Store has loads of quaint holiday decor.
The Vermont Country Store
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Best for: Old-timey classic feel
If your idea of Christmas is New England-inspired, you're probably already a fan of The Vermont Country Store. It's been in business since 1946 and has practically everything you need for an old-fashioned Christmas, from its selection of Christmas trees to holiday candles and candle holders.
Flannel-bedding fans will find a good selection, including a few sheet sets decorated with Snoopy and the gang.Alongside its European Market, the store also sells holiday snacks, including tins of caramel corn and candy you may have eaten at Grandma's.
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Bronner's
Bronner's is a year-round Christmas store located in Frankenmuth, Michigan, but it also has a robust online presence.
Bronner's
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Best for: Classic Christmas collectibles and ornaments
Proudly claiming to be the "World's Largest Christmas Store," if you can't make it to Frankenmuth, Michigan, fortunately, they have a online store to shop their massive selection. Bronner's offers every category of Christmas decorations, from lights to outdoor accessories and wreaths. You'll even find Santa suits if you want to be part of the decor.
Bronner's ornament selection is impressive, as well, with more than 6,000 options and many exclusive designs. Perhaps a pineapple would make the perfect addition to your tropical tree. (If you want an all-food tree, Bronner's more than has you covered — there's even a DQ Blizzard.) It sells all manner of personalized and Disney ornaments, And, of course, Bob Ross will make yours a happy little tree.