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Get ready for a festive showdown! 🎄✨ In today’s video, we’re comparing 2025 Hobby Lobby Christmas Decor vs At Home Christmas Decor so you can decide which store has the best style, selection, and value for your holiday home.
I’ll walk you through the biggest decor themes at each store, what’s NEW for 2025, and the standout pieces you should keep an eye on this season. From traditional reds and greens to modern neutrals, glam metallics, rustic farmhouse, and trending nostalgic pieces — you’ll see how both stores stack up side-by-side.
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00:00 Intro
00:30 Hobby Lobby
07:05 Hobby Lobby Rating
08:44 At Home
16:51 At Home Rating
18:05 Winner
18:59 Outro
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Hi, it's Lindsy Diane from dianecor.com.
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In this video, we're going to talk all
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about Christmas decor. We are going to
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compare Hobby Lobby and At Home and see
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which store has the better Christmas
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decor this season. This is the third
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video in my 2025 Christmas collection
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series where we go in store and see if
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the selection is worth the trip and
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worth the price. Let's get started with
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my trip to Hobby Lobby. Now, first up
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are these beautiful glitterwood trees.
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These are the small version of these
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trees. They also have a larger one.
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These are very pretty, but even at 50%
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off, you're looking at $40 for these
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trees. I would wait until the year- end
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sale for something like this. Now, they
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also have a huge selection of stocking
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hangers. This beautiful gold metal bow
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is fantastic. It's $9.99 on sale. They
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also have these beautiful mosaic snowmen
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and snowflakes and reindeer. All of
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these are going to be like $7.99 on
1:06
sale. And then they have some more
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colorful options. They have this pretty
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uh Christmas tree with the holly berries
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and the bird on top. These are just
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stunning. You can't go wrong with the
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stocking hangers. Then there are the
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stockings. Now, of all the stores that
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I've been to this year, Hobby Lobby has
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the largest selection of stockings
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available, and the prices on these are
1:29
absolutely phenomenal. They have so many
1:32
different cute styles to choose from.
1:35
For whether you're looking for kids or
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you're looking for adults, this is the
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place to go to get high quality
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stockings. All of these you're going to
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be looking at around the $10 or less
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mark um when you take that 50% off. So,
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this is a really, really great buy here
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at Hobby Lobby. They have this nice
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black, like textured one with the gold
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bells. They've got these faux fur
2:00
stockings that are really nice and
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plush. They have all different styles to
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choose from. I especially love these
2:08
stockings that look like they're wrapped
2:10
presents. They've got a green one or a
2:12
red one with a green bow and a white one
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with a red bow. The prices on these are
2:16
great, so I would definitely come here
2:18
for stockings. Then there's the
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ornaments. Now, there are going to be
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aisles of ornaments. Their big main
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general aisle is full of ornaments.
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These are your typical novelty style
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ornaments. You will find similar
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ornaments, if not the same ones, at
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other stores as well. So, Michaels, your
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local grocery store, they're all going
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to have these types of ornaments.
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whether it's a little, you know, sushi
2:44
or a taco or a hot dog, snow cones and,
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you know, things like that. But the
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prices on these are great. So, for the
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most part, you're going to be spending
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probably anywhere between like $2 and
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maybe $7 once you take that 50% off on
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any of these types of ornaments. I think
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that they're a good buy and they have a
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huge, huge selection. When we get into
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the Christmas trees at Hobby Lobby, they
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are absolutely stunning. They have huge,
3:14
huge trees. The styles are fantastic,
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but the prices are very high. Even at
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50% off, I would expect to spend 300
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plus on a decent sized tree from Hobby
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Lobby. And because of that, I would wait
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to the year- end sale if you want to buy
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a tree from Hobby Lobby. And then they
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have a huge assortment of tree collars.
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So, if you are looking for something to
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hide the base of your Christmas tree,
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this is a great place to go. I
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especially love this gingerbread one.
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It's on sale for $25.99 right now. It's
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a great buy. Then they have a ton of
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candy themed decorations. Most of these
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are like tabletop decor accents or you
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may place some of these larger gift
3:59
wrapped present options maybe under a
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tree or by a mantle. But if you have
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that candy colored theme going on, you
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will find something cute at Hobby Lobby
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for an affordable price. Now, the thing
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to look out for price-wise at Hobby
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Lobby are the licensed ornaments. So,
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like this uh little bag of crunchy
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flamin' Hot Cheetos, it's $8 on sale at
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Hobby Lobby right now, but the same
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exact thing is available at Five Below
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for $5. The same thing for some of these
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other novelty ones like the ranch
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dressing and the cheeits and the classic
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pickles. I've seen all of these at Five
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Below for $5 or less. So, I would go
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there for those. They've got gnomes.
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They have then aisles that have
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collections of ornaments by theme. So,
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right now you can see I'm in the
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gingerbread aisle. Everything here they
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have specially selected some gingerbread
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themed ornaments. If you are going for a
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strict theme, that's the way that I
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would search the store. You'll find your
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garland and your decorative accents and
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your ornaments all within your theme if
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you shop that way, which makes it
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really, really easy when you're trying
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to put something together, put a
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particular look together.
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The nutcracker selection is good here,
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but I probably would go to J C Penney
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for my nutcrackers just because they
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have a larger selection available. I
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know that's hard to think that they
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would have a larger selection than Hobby
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Lobby, but they do. Whe whether it's a
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combination of in store or online, I do
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believe that J. C. Penney has the larger
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selection of nutcrackers for a slightly
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better price, but they do have a
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beautiful assortment here to choose
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from. Then you have these little village
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houses that light up. Lots of places
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have something like this or something
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similar. The price here is good with
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these. They have white houses, they have
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black houses. You can find similar ones
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at uh Target, or if you wanted to go for
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the metallic ones, they have those at
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Walmart as well. Then you have little uh
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you know, glitter, sequin, cone trees,
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and some other decorative accents. All
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of these are nice and they're well
6:15
priced, especially when you're taking
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that 50% off.
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Something that I found here that was
6:21
interesting were these mirrors, these
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Merry Christmas mirrors. Now, I would
6:25
not buy these here. You can get any old
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mirror and get a decal with a Cricut
6:29
machine and put Merry Christmas on
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there. So, I wouldn't recommend buying
6:32
those. They're decorative pillows,
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again, are 50% off. I particularly like
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this Merry Christmas and the one with
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the little gingerbread on it. It's a
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good buy at 50% off. And then the last
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thing that jumped out at me before I
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left the store was this like swivel
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turntable advent houses. I'm not really
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sure how to describe it, but there are
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several tiers of little houses with
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drawers that are numbered and you pull
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out so you can make your own advent
7:01
calendar. This is absolutely stunning. I
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love it. I would definitely get that.
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For my rating, I'm going to give Hobby
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Lobby's selection a five out of five.
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They have an incredible assortment of
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items to choose from. Every theme that
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you can imagine is going to be
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represented in store. The selection is
7:21
fantastic. The stock I'm going to give a
7:24
four out of five. While the stores
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themselves are currently well stocked, I
7:30
did notice that lots of stuff has gone
7:32
out of stock online. So, I'm going to
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give a four out of five for their stock.
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And then the prices, five out of five.
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The the prices here are incredible.
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Right now, out of the gate at 50% off,
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they're incredible. and they're only
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going to go lower from here. And it's
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not even Thanksgiving yet when I'm
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filming this. Then the ease of shopping
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I'm going to give a four out of five.
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And this is because their online stock
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will go out and they'll say search in
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store, but they cannot tell you which
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stores actually have that item
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available. So, it's a real guessing game
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when it comes to going into your local
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store. Places like Target and Walmart do
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much better with this. If it's not
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available to ship to your home, they
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will tell you which stores actually
8:25
currently have it in stock or they have
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a ship to store option where you can go
8:30
and pick it up. Hobby Lobby does not do
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that at all, so I had to take off a
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point for that. So, ease of shopping is
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four out of five. Quality is excellent.
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Five out of five.
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Next up was my trip to At Home. First
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thing I see coming in the door are these
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cone trees. They're like glitter and
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sequin cone trees. They're very pretty,
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but they are currently like $17.99
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for the large 30-in ones. And I think
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that that's a little bit high. They did
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not have any sales going on at the time
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that I'm filming this. All of these
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trees are high. This little tree here, a
9:11
4ft tree is $99 and all it has is white
9:14
lights on it. I would definitely pass on
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that. Their larger outdoor decor is also
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pretty pricey. They've got this
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nutcracker here, 119. Um, again, as the
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time as of the time I'm recording this,
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there is no big sale going on. I'm sure
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that they will mark some things down for
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Black Friday, but everything in the
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store was priced as tagged. So, you see
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this uh larger nutcracker is $2.69.
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That's pretty high. I would wait for
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sales if you're going to go to at home.
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Now, they do have things that are very
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well priced. So, the stockings $4.99 for
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a basic red stocking. Uh we did see some
9:58
that have better quality elsewhere.
9:59
Truly, I think that the Walmart
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stockings are a little bit nicer. They
10:03
were higher though. They were like $11
10:05
or so. Um, the ones from Five Below are
10:10
a decent quality. I would go with like J
10:12
C Penney or Hobby Lobby for the
10:13
stockings. Uh, but they do have a a
10:17
decent selection of styles here, but if
10:20
you really want your pick of just
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everything as far as stockings go at a
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good price, I think that Hobby Lobby
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takes it on this one. But the basic red
10:29
ones are inexpensive here. I I think I
10:32
saw one that was $3. Uh, this one right
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here is $9.99.
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Then you get into their stocking
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holders. Again, they have a decent
10:41
selection here. And there are some that
10:43
are very cute, like this wooden
10:45
snowflake. I haven't seen anything like
10:47
this any other store that I went to. And
10:49
the price here is good on that one. That
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is the natural snowflake stocking
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holder, 6 in. It's $12.99. Um, if you
10:58
could catch a sale, that would be great,
10:59
but I don't think it's the price is
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crazy high. They've got the little uh
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you know snowman or the Santa there.
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He's also $12.99. Um they're cute, but I
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think that I prefer the ones at Hobby
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Lobby to these. Now, something that I
11:16
did see here that I didn't see anywhere
11:18
else, which was so so cool, was this
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iridescent LED jumbo shatterproof
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garland that lit up. This is so cool.
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It's $30. Um, and it's about 80 inches
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long. I would hope to catch a sale on
11:35
that one, but I think it's very, very
11:37
pretty. When I rounded the end cap, I
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found these incredible light up
11:43
iridescent trees. They are stunning.
11:46
They're 1999. I think those are
11:47
definitely worth a buy. They have some
11:49
other iridescent sort of tabletop decor
11:52
accents. They have these little trees
11:54
here as well. Those at the 12 in were
11:57
$12.99. I think those are definitely
12:00
worth the price. Then I started to get
12:02
into the gingerbread aisle. And some of
12:06
these little gingerbread houses are just
12:08
incredible. They have this little log
12:11
cabin guy. He's $20. Then they have
12:15
another like gingerbread house with the
12:16
light in it. He's most of these are all
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at that $20 price point. These are very
12:21
pretty and I think that if you're
12:23
looking for a simple tabletop accent,
12:27
you don't necessarily want to go all in
12:29
gingerbread theme, but you want
12:30
something that sort of stands out, go
12:32
for these. They have some larger ones
12:33
there at the bottom. I think that
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they're all a great buy.
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Just like Hobby Lobby, their ornaments
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in their decor are grouped by theme. So,
12:44
here I'm into the silver and white
12:47
section. All of the ornaments in this
12:49
section are either silver or white. I
12:52
saw the little hummingbird. He was
12:53
$3.99.
12:55
There is this little starburst that was
12:57
$3.99 as well. The beautiful crown,
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$2.99. The prices on these are
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fantastic. And these aren't sale prices.
13:05
Those are the regular prices there. Then
13:07
I started to get into the pink and the
13:08
candy theme. That wreath is 15 in. The
13:12
pink ornament wreath with the pink and
13:14
the gold ornament balls was $29.99. I
13:17
think the pricing on all of this stuff
13:19
here is very good. One of my favorite
13:22
ornaments that I've seen in all of my
13:24
shopping trips is this little ballerina
13:27
dress. It's stunning. It's only $3.99.
13:30
It's very, very pretty. They also have
13:32
this hand blown glass reflector ball.
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Um, it has a little porcelain swan on
13:38
top. That one's a little bit more
13:40
pricey. It's $12.99. And then this
13:42
golden pink icicle is incredible. It's
13:44
18 in and it is $4.
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Then I started to get into the classic
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Christmas decor section. Here you have
13:53
this large Christmas ornament ball. It's
13:56
$21.99. Personally, I think it's a
13:59
little bit high. Um, but it is a good
14:02
quality. Then they have these beautiful
14:05
LED ceramic trees. Those are $40. They
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sell smaller versions of that at Five
14:12
Below. I would probably just get one of
14:13
the smaller versions. They have this
14:15
cute little uh merrygoround here. Also
14:19
very cute. Um it'd make a nice tabletop
14:22
accent. The little reindeer are $25. I
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think those are a little bit high for
14:27
those. And then you get into the ribbon.
14:30
Now, what I would say is the ribbon is a
14:32
good buy because a lot of their ribbon
14:35
are 4 in wide segments, which is hard to
14:40
find. So, this have a good style, a good
14:42
quality, and it be that wide. I would
14:44
definitely check them out for ribbon.
14:46
That one that I picked up was $8 and
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hopefully it would go on sale soon
14:51
enough.
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Then, I see this little boxwood ball
14:54
ornament. These are $5 each. I think
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they're very pretty, very glittery. If
14:59
you are into that Ralph Lauren
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Christmas, which is really just kind of
15:04
a traditional Christmas rebranded, this
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is a great place to go. You're going to
15:09
find all of the types of accents that
15:12
you need and the colors that you need
15:14
right here in the classic Christmas
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section. Then, of course, everyone has
15:18
their gingerbread theme section. We saw
15:21
some of the tabletop accents earlier.
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This is further down the line where they
15:25
have this cute little advent calendar.
15:27
The price on this one is great. It's
15:29
$14.99. I think that's a great buy for
15:31
that advent calendar. They have this
15:33
other little wood tabletop decor. Now,
15:36
this one I don't think is worth the
15:37
price. This one is $24.99 and it's
15:41
really just a little like wood facade
15:43
thing. Um, I would probably pass on that
15:46
one. They've got these jumbo bells, like
15:49
cluster ornament bells. $24.99 on these.
15:52
They're 34 in long. I think that this is
15:55
actually a good buy. They are heavy.
15:59
They're a good quality. I love the like
16:02
nice nautical rope thing that's going on
16:04
with these. I think the quality is
16:06
there. So, $24.99. It's a little high,
16:08
but I think the quality is there. And
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then you see I'm getting into the gold
16:13
section here that's in the middle. They
16:15
have the nutcrackers. They have
16:17
reindeer. They've got all your ball
16:19
ornaments. It's very easy to shop here
16:22
at home because it's themed just like it
16:24
is at Hobby Lobby. So, if you want an
16:26
easy shopping experience, I would
16:28
definitely check out at home. It's never
16:31
too busy at ours. I know that a lot of
16:33
them are starting to shut down, so you
16:36
can always shop online and then ship to
16:38
the store and then make one trip and get
16:41
all of your stuff if it's out of your
16:43
way. Just shop online, ship to the
16:45
store, get everything all at once, and
16:47
you don't have to worry about traveling
16:49
back and forth to find things. Overall,
16:52
I think At Home is a great place to go
16:54
if you want to shop a huge selection all
16:56
at once. So, the selection is five out
17:00
of five. They have a huge selection of
17:03
items to choose from, all themed
17:06
together, the selection is great. The
17:08
stock is also great. Not only can you
17:11
shop online and still find lots of stuff
17:13
available to be shipped to your store or
17:15
to be shipped to your home, there is a
17:18
huge stock available in store as well.
17:21
The prices I'm going to give a three out
17:22
of five. A lot of these prices are high
17:25
and they are not running sales like the
17:28
other stores. I'm hoping to see a
17:30
significant sale around Black Friday. Um
17:33
we're coming up on that very soon, but
17:36
for the most part, when I went in there,
17:38
everything was uh priced as marked,
17:40
which was a little bit high compared to
17:42
these other stores that we've been to.
17:44
The ease of shopping, five out of five.
17:47
You can shop online and have it shipped
17:49
to the store. You can shop online and
17:51
have it shipped to your home. They even
17:52
do next day delivery in some areas. And
17:55
then of course you can just go into your
17:57
local store if you have one and shop
17:59
there. Ease of shopping is great and the
18:01
quality of course is great as well. I'm
18:03
going to give the quality a five out of
18:05
five at At Home.
18:08
So when it comes to the final scores,
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Hobby Lobby and At Home both score a 4.6
18:14
overall. But if I had to choose between
18:17
the two, I think that I would go to
18:19
Hobby Lobby just because their selection
18:23
is fantastic and I think the prices are
18:25
better. Really, At Home lost points
18:28
because of their price. Hobby Lobby lost
18:31
points because of their ease of
18:32
shopping. They have a great stock in
18:35
store, but when it comes to shopping
18:37
online and figuring out which local
18:39
stores still have which inventory, it's
18:42
a little rough. and um a lot of their
18:45
online stock is just sold out. So, I had
18:48
to deduct points from Hobby Lobby for
18:50
that. I had to deduct points from At
18:52
Home because of the price. But overall,
18:54
I think I would still go to Hobby Lobby
18:56
if I had to choose between the two.
18:59
That's it for this video. I hope you
19:01
found it helpful. Don't forget to tune
19:03
in to part four of this series where I
19:05
am comparing the dollar stores. I'm
19:08
going to do Dollar Tree, Five Below, and
19:10
Dollar General. I thank you so much for
19:13
watching. If you like this video, please
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next one. Bye.
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