Christmas decorations are a $29-billion industry, so it”™s no wonder the season seems to start earlier each year. One thing is certain: By October, it”™s in full swing, before the ghosts and goblins of Halloween have even faded.
American Christmas”¯in Mount Vernon, which creates many of New York City”™s iconic yuletide displays, has announced it will open the doors to its 110,000-square-foot warehouse and showroom to the public for the first time this year for a “Christmas Experience.”
The experience will include not only a warehouse tour but a walk through Santa”™s Village, with its enormous animatronics and multiple, selfie-ready displays, a visit to the gift shop and a special pop-up store where you can purchase decorations used on TV shows and in department store.
Tickets for the “Christmas Experience,” which opens with a ribbon cutting Nov. 4 and runs through Dec. 23, are available online, with proceeds donated to The Mount Vernon Boys & Girls Club, North East STEM Academy and The Youth Community Outreach Program (Y-COP). There will be a special fundraiser on Dec. 3 for Ronald McDonald House, and those tickets will be available on the Ronald McDonald House website.
For timed “Christmas Experience” tickets — $15 weekends and $10 weekdays ”“ click here.
