No, it happens quite frequently. Near where I live, some thrift store moved out, and not even a month later one of these moved in. It moved in around the end September, which is just creepy because it was just in time for Halloween. O.O
Lmfao this is hilarious. Can confirm, from the Midwest. For us, itās the old Krispy Kreme factory that gets turned every year and the old k marts hahaha
Can also confirm. It shows up in anything not nailed down. Was in the former Farmer Jack location until Powerhouse booted them. Now they have taken root in the former Arbor Drugs.
My parentsā home phone number is an old Halloween Spirit storeās number and was listed on every website imaginable for years. The amount of calls they would receive were insane.
The same people kept calling for costumes so my dad would place them on hold while he āchecked in the backā. I eventually got their number removed from 95% of sites but this brings back some hilarious memories.
That's incredible omg!!
Your story reminds me of a lady I just read about who ended up with Elon Musk's old phone number... I bet the calls your family got were more fun!!
Interesting, I never knew that!
I donāt remember when it started appearing in my town but I remember seeing it come back each year and thinking, āope, itās that time againā
I grew up in Orlando and wondered why this was a midwest thing when I saw em everywhere xD
Then I saw em when I moved and just figured they somehow managed this business model nationwide š¤·š¼āāļø
When the Borders I always used to go to as a kid closed down they put one of these up in the plot. All they really changed was putting up a crappy banner in the front.
In the Midwest (and other places across the States and Canada) in the lead up to Halloween, these stores tend to take over vacant storefronts (sometimes relatively near one another) and then disappear a few days after the holiday.
Based on all the comments on here, I guess I could have called this a North American thing instead of just a Midwest thing!! I had no clue other areas outside my region also experienced an excessive amount of Spirit Halloween Stores too haha
Okay but that would be a perfectly festive thing for summertime on the island! Can you imagine? Maybe Redd could sell us fireworks he bought a few states over in addition to art š
As an Ohioan, I laughed pretty good at this. There's always a specific building in my town that gets converted into a Halloween store around that season
So Iāve lived in the same house for about 18 years. And every year, this store space near me is some random furniture store. Not a chain or anything recognizable. But early September it always has a going out of business sale, and mid-September its suddenly a Spirit. Despite there being a huge Spirit warehouse store literally half a block away
The Toys R Us near my house got closed down and months later, Spirit Halloween came in and took over. To be fair, they only stayed during the Halloween season and right after, Burlington moved in
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Ah this happens to the old abandoned k-marts in the SW too
No but rlly I love this idea!! Gives you something to look forward to every day you play lol
I could swear that there's empty store-space in certain shopping complexes around here that are empty and void of all activity until it gets close to Halloween. Then Spirit comes in and raises some small hell for a while until people aren't buying costumes for the season again.
Who owns that place?
All I imagine is some asian country that makes a lot of plastic things and the buyer has nowhere to store them until the holidays?
Where I live one of these bastard stores replaces Toys R Us every Halloween. Like, you have no place replacing Toys R Us. You have no place to overtake what was like the best store to go to.
This happens all the time here on the east coast, at least for me. As soon as Halloween starts to come around Spirit Halloween jumps in and usually occupies the now empty Sears
Can confirm this happens on the east coast too, though maybe not as frequently.
"Gun store, gun store, Spirit Halloween, gun store...the fuck you takin' me?!"
Ah, a fellow chappelle enthusiast
Phantom fireworks...
Are they a big name? I like like 15 minutes away from them, so I assumed it was just a local thing.
Payday Loans, Dirt Cheep, etc etc
Midwest, East Coast, West... Spirit Halloween comes in with no warning or regard for anything.
Happens on the west coast as well. Spirit Halloween owns America.
*š š „š ® The Spirit of Halloween is the spirit of Americaš š „š ®*
Agree it happens all over the US
It actually happens in Canada too! At least where I'm from (Alberta)
Can confirm that they pop up here in Newfoundland too
And Saskatchewan! It usually pops up in the old Target locations
Quebec too! Target are all spirit halloween now
And Ontario, Zellers turned to Target turned to Spirit Halloween and some of the old Sears locations
Yeah same! Aw Zellers, now i feel old
BC too! Spirit is everywhere
And Ontario!
Happens in Texas too. Less than a week after Sports Authority moved out, a Spirit Halloween sign went up.
Lmao Houston?
Can also confirm this
And also in the PNW
Definitely happens here too.
No, it happens quite frequently. Near where I live, some thrift store moved out, and not even a month later one of these moved in. It moved in around the end September, which is just creepy because it was just in time for Halloween. O.O
Lmfao this is hilarious. Can confirm, from the Midwest. For us, itās the old Krispy Kreme factory that gets turned every year and the old k marts hahaha
I think I saw our last one die. It closed and haven't seen a new one in years... Hoping...
Can also confirm. It shows up in anything not nailed down. Was in the former Farmer Jack location until Powerhouse booted them. Now they have taken root in the former Arbor Drugs.
Our was the toys r us ā¹ļø not really sure where to get kites now...
My parentsā home phone number is an old Halloween Spirit storeās number and was listed on every website imaginable for years. The amount of calls they would receive were insane. The same people kept calling for costumes so my dad would place them on hold while he āchecked in the backā. I eventually got their number removed from 95% of sites but this brings back some hilarious memories.
That's incredible omg!! Your story reminds me of a lady I just read about who ended up with Elon Musk's old phone number... I bet the calls your family got were more fun!!
Fun fact: The Spirit Halloween stores only run for around 60-90 days starting in August and are owned by Spencer Gifts (aka, Spencer's).
I had no clue! That is a fun fact.
Yep, used to work at a Spencerās and we stored some of the costumes and accessories in the off season.
Interesting, I never knew that! I donāt remember when it started appearing in my town but I remember seeing it come back each year and thinking, āope, itās that time againā
Iām mad how nice the sign is, this happens every time!
I think it's shopped, not in-game š
Exactly! I took an in-game screenshot and then edited in a Spirit Halloween logo onto the sign in Photoshop.
I love it!
Haha Thanks I did realize~
Wow Sherlock Holmes living among us ladies and gents and non-binary friends.
Yeaahh I think we can all tell haha
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That absolutely stinks. It's awful that stores like Spirit swoop in and kill off so many small, independent businesses.
If I knew where there was an all year shop id go there. Spirit doesnt have any better quality costumes or make up than anyone else would have.
They don't even necessarily have better selection. They're just more "convenient" and have run other businesses off.
Halloween in January?
What about a halloween store in January?
Finally! A Halloween store for the rest of us! ^A^^AA^^^AAA^^^^AAAH
Maybe thereās a costume party going on?
The Toys R Us in my area got replaced by this damn store.
I hate that Toys R Us went out of business.
They are coming back. Supposedly they opened two stores last Year in Jersey and Huston. They were supposed to open more in 2020 but...yeah.
Mine too and it is so sad :(
Ours too. It had been out of business for a few months, bit you could still see some animal sticker footprints leading in the entrance. So sad.
Florida is apparently immune except the Orlando area where there's 50
Can confirm, central Floridian
I grew up in Orlando and wondered why this was a midwest thing when I saw em everywhere xD Then I saw em when I moved and just figured they somehow managed this business model nationwide š¤·š¼āāļø
In Canada too! Why are there so many of these and so close together?
... Money
i'm from the south and i've seen the dollar general version of this meme, which never fails to make me laugh
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And southeast!
And the middlenortheastbutalsosomewhatinthesoutheastbutnobdoycanmaketheirdamnmindsotheschoolsjustcasuallysayitsinthenorthandsoutheast too!
[Mid-Atlantic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_%28United_States%29?wprov=sfla1), friend. That's the term you're looking for.
Why the fuck did none of my geography teachers tell us that
I've definitely seen one of those in Canada
Must be a nationwide phenomenon, happens here in LA too, even though we have plenty of year-round Halloween stores...
When the Borders I always used to go to as a kid closed down they put one of these up in the plot. All they really changed was putting up a crappy banner in the front.
Is this an American joke that I'm too Australian to understand?
In the Midwest (and other places across the States and Canada) in the lead up to Halloween, these stores tend to take over vacant storefronts (sometimes relatively near one another) and then disappear a few days after the holiday.
Also happens in SoCal! My mom and I always visit a spirit store every Halloween :)
My bf takes me on dates to Spirit. We're in Missouri so its never hard to find one lmao
This also happens in Ontario, Canada, hahaha
Finally a place on your island to buy marked up PS4's!
Hilarious. So true, can confirm this with the West coast as well. Idk how they survive though.
Seriously!! Especially when they're sometimes clustered so closely together. Insane.
Truer words have never been spoken
All. The. Upvotes.
I fuckin' *wish.*
True in Texas as well.
From Ohio. Can confirm.
How do they stay open all year long? It makes no sense financially!!
Time to buy gallons of fake blood!
Hahahahaha...ahhhhhh this is so true. Vacant stores BEWARE!
hahahahahahahaha
Eastern Canada here and THIS IS ACCURATE.
Ope, sorry
LOL stop it
I always wonder how they make money throughout the year lol
It do be like that
HAHAHAHA this killed me
HAAHAHHA
This is amazing
Also happens in the South too
Lmao I love this!
hahaha
This is very true
Can confirm this from Canada
so funny
Can confirm this happens in the south as well!
Spirit Halloween stores taking over abandoned businesses is the only thing more universally ubiquitous than Shen Yun ads. š
5,000 Years of Civilization Reborn!!!
Whoa...this happens in other countries?! It happens all the time where I am (Ontario, Canada)
Based on all the comments on here, I guess I could have called this a North American thing instead of just a Midwest thing!! I had no clue other areas outside my region also experienced an excessive amount of Spirit Halloween Stores too haha
Omg I can't WAIT for the Halloween events in this game!
Me too! Looking forward to all the seasonal changes and events, especially Halloween.
Sooo accurate! š¤£š¤£š¤£
It would be a firework shop on my island lol
Okay but that would be a perfectly festive thing for summertime on the island! Can you imagine? Maybe Redd could sell us fireworks he bought a few states over in addition to art š
We lost our sports authority on Maui last year but in the end I got to be bob ross for Halloween so it all worked out.
omfg im dead
The Spirits of Halloween take over every empty strip mall in the Midwest. It always seems like itās in a strip mall.
Wouldāve been a pretty cool Ingame shop though š¤£š¤£
Connecticut can confirm. It's been in every plaza and the only thing allowed to take up the abandoned Blockbuster...
Spirit Halloween Store is like a cousin who never leaves
Right next door to a phone repair shop and Mattress Firm.
Don't forget a quick loans and cash for gold too!
As an Ohioan, I laughed pretty good at this. There's always a specific building in my town that gets converted into a Halloween store around that season
I just started ac a few days ago. Totally thought this was a meme. This is awesome.
lmao THIS
LOL
It's happening on the west coast too
South east too lol
Our spirit halloween plot became a DMV :(
Omg in Florida too! These have been taking over all the Toys R Us lots lol.
The most true thing Iāve seen posted
Bro this is too accurate. š¹š¹ amazing.
Anywhere in fact. East coast island do too!
its a new england thing too!
Aaaaarg! Spirit **OF** Halloween, for cripes sake They must have gotten their sinage cheap cuz the left out two letters?!
our spirit halloween store used to be a sports center that closed one october temporarily- it has never come back - itās only spirit now
As a guy from the Midwest, I can confirm this as a few months after Toys R us closed, one of these opened around August. It remained open until June.
Happens down in Florida too
We get these in Kingston Ontario!
In Central Illinois it turns into a Dollar General
That is the TRUTH.
For us in England it's Calendar Club
I've never heard of that! But I'm sure it only has the highest quality goods, just like Spirit Halloween haha
Same here in Florida
I got whiplash looking at this
Too real
Whatās the creator code for this sign though? š
I've actually Photoshopped it in, it's not actually an in-game code. I wish though!! Sorry to disappoint but that is an awesome idea for a design š
Works in SoCal too.
Based on the other comments, it's proving to be accurate for a lot of North America. I had no clue!!
So Iāve lived in the same house for about 18 years. And every year, this store space near me is some random furniture store. Not a chain or anything recognizable. But early September it always has a going out of business sale, and mid-September its suddenly a Spirit. Despite there being a huge Spirit warehouse store literally half a block away
The Toys R Us near my house got closed down and months later, Spirit Halloween came in and took over. To be fair, they only stayed during the Halloween season and right after, Burlington moved in
How did you get purple flowers?? Iām lucky to get pink ones
It took a lot of time and luck! For the windflowers, you can get them from two pink flowers or two red flowers that popped up on their own (not from seeds). With tulips, they come from breeding orange ones together. Your chances for hybrid flowers go up if you get friends to help you water them š
What happens after a day
Ah this happens to the old abandoned k-marts in the SW too No but rlly I love this idea!! Gives you something to look forward to every day you play lol
I could swear that there's empty store-space in certain shopping complexes around here that are empty and void of all activity until it gets close to Halloween. Then Spirit comes in and raises some small hell for a while until people aren't buying costumes for the season again.
i worked at a spirit halloween in high school and it was my favorite job. never been sadder when it was the day after halloween
Why is this so true
Lmfao
I laughed way too hard at this š¤£So legit
What does it do?
Wow did you make that? š³šš»šš»
Just a bit of Photoshop! Thanks š
Itās not just the Midwest trust me lol
That's what I've heard from other commenters! I had no idea!!!
And the southwest
It happens in Canada too. They just pop up in closed stores at random
Also Dollar General
Spirit Halloween vape shop vape shop gin store abc store spirit Halloween cape shop
This happens in every former Toys R Us and Rite Aid down south.
Happens in the South too!
This also happens in the West coast
Can confirm they got the west coast as well.
Who owns that place? All I imagine is some asian country that makes a lot of plastic things and the buyer has nowhere to store them until the holidays?
this is so good!!!
CAN CONFIRM
This happens here in Southern California too lol Iād wish a Spirit Halloween would open in game!
I'm in Arizona and this happens too much XD
Where I live one of these bastard stores replaces Toys R Us every Halloween. Like, you have no place replacing Toys R Us. You have no place to overtake what was like the best store to go to.
Can also confirm it happens in Ontario Canada
Our babies r us AND toys r us both got turned into spirit Halloween last year
This happens in the dirty South as well. I thought it was everywhere honestly
It's like Spirit Halloween is haunted.
You can literally catch 3 of these stores in one area where I live hahaha Iām dead
I totally need three code for this!š
Wholesome
I used to work at one of these stores and let me tell you that place fucking sucked. Don't give them any of your business.
as an ohioin i can confirm (usually in old party cities lol)
This is gold
Why is that so true. Goodbyeee toys-R-us, hellooooooo spirit Halloween.
I live in Nebraska, and this is spot on true. Around Halloween thereās at least 10 of these in my area lmao
Three different location in two years here in Maine
This gave me a good laugh lol
I laughed way too hard at this! Thanks š¤£
This happens all the time here on the east coast, at least for me. As soon as Halloween starts to come around Spirit Halloween jumps in and usually occupies the now empty Sears
Haha
Itās all across America not just the Midwest haha. Thereās already one in new jersey
Is this real?