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Time-lapse: Spirit Halloween store comes to life for spooky season<\/p>\n
A time-lapse video shows how Halloween comes to life at a holiday store.<\/p>\n
Halloween is just over a month away<\/a>, and spooky season is in full swing \u2014 pumpkin spice, fall treats, and skeletons are already taking over Florida lawns.<\/p>\n Spirit Halloween<\/a>, the seasonal pop-up powerhouse, is back and bigger than ever<\/a>. Known for turning empty storefronts into Halloween haunted heavens, the retailer promises \u201can unforgettable experience filled with thrills, chills, and all the Halloween magic you could ever wish for.”<\/p>\n Earlier this summer, the Halloween retailer announced it would hire 50,000 seasonal employees<\/a> to staff more than 1,500 locations across the U.S. and Canada. However, that wait is officially over, and most Florida stores are now open\u2014 including eight in Jacksonville, and others in St. Augustine, Orange Park and Jacksonville Beach.<\/p>\n Whether you are looking for classic costumes, creepy d\u00e9cor, spooky animatronics to scare your neighbors, or costumes for your furry friends, Spirit Halloween has it all.<\/p>\n Here’s all you need to know about Spirit Halloween and where to find a Halloween costume near you this season<\/a>.<\/p>\n What is Spirit Halloween?<\/p>\n Spirit Halloween describes itself as “the largest Halloween retailer in the country<\/a>. With more than 1,500 seasonal locations in strip centers and malls across North America, Spirit is the one-stop destination for all things Halloween.<\/a>“<\/p>\n “For more than four decades, Spirit has created immersive and interactive experiences for shoppers, complete with a unique and vast assortment of costumes and accessories for infants, toddlers, children, ‘tweens, teens, and adults, along with exclusive d\u00e9cor and animatronics you won’t find anywhere else.”<\/p>\n Spirit Halloween first opened in 1983.<\/p>\n The seasonal stores open each August, but “die-hard Halloween enthusiasts” also can shop online year-round.<\/a><\/p>\n Is Spirit Halloween in the USA?<\/p>\n With\u00a0over 1,500 stores across the United States and Canada, Spirit Halloween is the largest Halloween retailer in North America.<\/p>\n Is Spirit Halloween open year-round?<\/p>\n Not in-store. Spirit Halloween operates more than 1,500 seasonal pop-up locations across the U.S., typically opening in late summer and closing shortly after Halloween. However, shoppers can browse and purchase items year-round through the retailer\u2019s official website.<\/p>\n Which Spirit Halloween store locations are now open in the Jacksonville area? Where are they?<\/p>\n Are there any Spirit Halloween store locations open in St. Augustine? Where are they?<\/p>\n What other Jacksonville Spirit Halloween store locations are expected to open for Halloween 2025?<\/p>\n According to their website, the locations below are set to open for this year’s Halloween. No date has been confirmed.<\/p>\n Where to find last-minute Halloween costumes near you?<\/p>\n If you are a last-minute shopper and going to an in-person Spirit Halloween store just before Halloween, don’t fret \u2014there’s a convenient way to get your costume in time. Spirit Halloween offers an easy buy online, pick up in-store option at locations across Florida. You can browse their full selection from home and pick up your items at the store that works best for you. It\u2019s a great solution for last-minute costume needs or for grabbing larger items without the hassle.<\/p>\n What other Spirit Halloween stores are open in Florida? Where are they?<\/p>\n Spirit Halloween announced on its website 95 locations in 67 “major cities” will open in Florida.<\/a><\/p>\n Here’s the full list of locations in Florida:<\/p>\n Contributing: Cheryl McCloud, Digital producer for USA Today Network-Florida<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Time-lapse: Spirit Halloween store comes to life for spooky season A time-lapse video shows how Halloween comes to…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":253452,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[691,5229,8015,45013,12883,133823,3040,2488,2879,3188,723,17810,133825,2487,27999,99796,11090,85397,133827,7709,19820,11652,7310,10765,641,66451,40848,30577,15704,30574,644,663,450,1457,10669,133826,1451,19817,2107,133824,30575,645,2490,44532,1061,639,661,646,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,467,640],"class_list":{"0":"post-253451","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-american","11":"tag-american-holidays","12":"tag-beach","13":"tag-costumes","14":"tag-department","15":"tag-enabled","16":"tag-events","17":"tag-fl","18":"tag-florida","19":"tag-halloween","20":"tag-halloween-costumes","21":"tag-highlights","22":"tag-hobby","23":"tag-hobby-lobby","24":"tag-holiday","25":"tag-holiday-marketplace-hub","26":"tag-holiday-shopping-trends-sponsorship","27":"tag-holidays","28":"tag-holidays-u0026-seasonal-events","29":"tag-hub","30":"tag-jacksonville","31":"tag-jacksonville-beach","32":"tag-know","33":"tag-lobby","34":"tag-marketplace","35":"tag-mass-merchants-u0026-department-stores","36":"tag-mass","37":"tag-merchants","38":"tag-modular","39":"tag-modular-story","40":"tag-overall","41":"tag-overall-positive","42":"tag-party","43":"tag-party-u0026-holiday-supplies","44":"tag-positive","45":"tag-seasonal","46":"tag-shopping","47":"tag-sponsorship","48":"tag-stores","49":"tag-story","50":"tag-story-highlights-ai-enabled","51":"tag-supplies","52":"tag-trends","53":"tag-ttp","54":"tag-ttp-what-we-know","55":"tag-u0026","56":"tag-united-states","57":"tag-united-states-of-america","58":"tag-unitedstates","59":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","60":"tag-us","61":"tag-usa","62":"tag-we","63":"tag-what"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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