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Discover the 2025 Christmas Collections at Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Five Below!
If you love budget-friendly holiday decorating, this video is a must-watch. I’m walking you through the newest Christmas décor releases from all three stores so you can see what’s worth grabbing, what’s the best value, and which trends are popping up across each retailer.
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00:00 Intro
00:20 Dollar General
04:17 Dollar General Rating
05:18 Dollar Tree
10:00 Dollar Tree Rating
11:37 Five Below
14:37 Five Below Rating
15:56 Winner
16:49 Outro
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Hi, it's Lindsay Diane from
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dianecor.com. In this video, we're going
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to talk all about Christmas decor at
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Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Five
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Below. This is the fourth video in my
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2025 Christmas collection series where
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we go in store and see if it's worth the
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trip and worth the price. Starting off
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at Dollar General, some of these hanging
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accents are definitely not worth the
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price. The snowman for $10, no. The
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bells, no. The quality here is very hit
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or miss this year. What I think is worth
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the price are their kitchen towels,
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their pot holders, and their oven mitts.
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All of these are either $2 or $3. I
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think the prints on these are very, very
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nice this year. I would definitely pick
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these up. Whether you're going to use
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them for decoration or you want to
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actually use them, I think they're a
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good enough quality to get by for the
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season. Um, the kitchen towels could be
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better, but I think the prints on them,
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if you just want to use them as a
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decorative layer, are great. They also
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have drying mats as well that are priced
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well. This embroidered bath set,
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however, I would pass on. Those towels
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are very scratchy. Now, they have a
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variety of little jars with decorative
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Christmas tops to them. These, if you
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have a specific use for them, they're
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okay. Uh, the the tapestry runners are
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actually very nice. They're very thick.
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I love this little embroidered snowman
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on here with the snowflakes. They have a
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few different styles in the back. I also
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have some plaid options. These are great
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if you just want to add a very simple
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touch to your dining table or a console
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table to give it a little bit of a
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festive look. A cheap runner like that
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is great. Then they have these memory
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foam mats. These are another good buy.
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They are $12 each. There are a few
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different patterns available. These are
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great to put in front of your kitchen
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stove or in front of your sink to give
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just give you a little bit more cushion.
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They have a non-slip backing on them. I
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think the prints are really fun. These
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are definitely a yes. They have a few
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other sort of rug and matte options.
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They have another little snowman. He
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looks a lot like the embroidered runner.
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And then you have these printed rugs
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with the tassel edges. These are
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probably one of my favorite things in
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the store. They are $6 each. They have
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four or five different patterns
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available here. They do not have a
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non-slip backing on them. So, they
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really are intended either to be layered
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underneath a larger rug outside or
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rather on top of a larger rug outside or
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you can use them inside your home. Maybe
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you have them outside your bedroom door
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and you want to get use the rug tape on
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them if you have a hardwood surface or a
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tile surface. Or you can lay them on top
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of carpet. So I would say if you want a
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festive look outside your bedroom door
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or maybe in your bathroom or just inside
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your back door or inside your front
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door, those are a good pick. Then they
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have the outdoor koer rugs. These are
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the rougher textured rugs that are good
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for knocking dirt and salt and sand off
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of your shoes. They're $12 each. There
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are a few different patterns there. They
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have the red truck. They've got snowman.
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They've got gingerbread house. These are
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still on the smaller side, so I would
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still layer these on top of a larger rug
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if I'm going to put it out on my front
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step, but I think the price is good. The
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4ft trees for $8 are overpriced. The 6ft
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tree for $28 is also overpriced. You can
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get better at Dollar Tree. They have a
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6ft tree for $20. It's excellent
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quality. I have one in my bedroom right
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now. Then you've got these like novelty
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trees for $12. Also overpriced. The
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stockings for $8 are I have no words. I
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have no words. They're awful. They have
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a felt backing on them that's just glued
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on there. These are an awful quality. I
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would never spend $8 or recommend anyone
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do for that. I would go to Hobby Lobby
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or Five Below for some inexpensive
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stockings. You can also get them at J C
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Penney or Walmart. All of those options
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are better than anything here at Dollar
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General. So, as far as ratings go for
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Dollar General, I would give their
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selection a three. I'd give their stock
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a three. I'd give their prices a three.
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Their ease of shopping is also a three.
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There's lots of mess and boxes in the
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store. There always are. There it's just
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like Dollar Tree. There's almost never a
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day that you'll walk in there and
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everything is perfectly on the shelves
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and racks and you don't see some kind
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of, you know, stocking situation
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happening. Uh, so I'm going to give them
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a three. Also, when you go online, their
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online stock sells out really quickly,
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but they will at least tell you which
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stores locally will have that item in
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stock. So, that's okay. And then
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finally, the quality is a three. These
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things are all okay, you know, across
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the board. It's okay. Um, you can get
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better quality certain places. You can
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get a better selection other places. So,
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overall, Dollar General gets a three.
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Next up, I stopped inside of Dollar
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Tree. Now, the first thing that I saw
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here is definitely a pass, and those are
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these metal lanterns. I don't know what
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was going on with my store, but almost
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all of them were dinged up, and they
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just put them on the shelves. They're
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only $3, yes, but the quality just is
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not there. They have them in gold and
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they have them in black. I would pass on
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either one of those. Now, these little
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um they're like uh Christmas bulb picks.
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I've never seen this before at Dollar
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Tree, and I think they're a lot of fun.
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I'm not sure what you would want to do
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with them. You could put them in an
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arrangement, but I can see them being
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used for crafts. I think that just in
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general, all of the Christmas florals
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are a good buy at Dollar Tree. You've
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got your glitter berries, your glitter
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poinsettia
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um leaves, you've got glitter branches.
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You really can't go wrong with the um
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any of the florals at Dollar Tree. Now,
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the stockings, however, did surprise me.
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Usually, the stockings are an okay
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price. These basic red ones are fine,
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but when you start to get into some of
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these other ones, like the cat and the
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Santa, you can see them. They're They're
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already falling apart. They're just
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sitting on the rack. They're falling
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apart. There's fuzz everywhere. There
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are threads pulling. They are ratted
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along the edges. I I don't know what's
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happening with the quality control of
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these. Several of these stockings I have
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and have used for the past like 6 years
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and have had no problems with them. That
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snowflake, the one on top of the trees,
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the cat and the dog. I have all of those
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and they are excellent quality. I don't
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know what's going on with this batch
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here that I see in store. The ornaments
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are hit and miss. So, I'm going to say
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that these ornaments here that have the
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embossing on them that don't have the
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glitter coating, but instead have the
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embossing on them are a good buy. These
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are like a mediumsiz ornament. They have
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larger ones that these ones are going to
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stay good longer. The other ones, the
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glitter will start to peel off and
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you'll have a bunch of black patches.
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and I don't think that they're worth it,
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frankly. But these medium-sized ones
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with the embossing on the plastic, I
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think are a good pick. Here they have
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again another sort of like Christmas
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bulb ornament. This is $7. I definitely
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wouldn't pay that for this. This uh
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seems like a DIY craft that you could do
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for much less. I would pass on that. And
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then you get into the large ball
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ornaments. Again, you can see what I'm
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talking about here where the glitter
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overspray is going to start to chip off
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really easily. Again, this is just
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sitting in the store. It's not brushing
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up against a tree. It's not doing
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anything. It's already flaking off. So,
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I would pass on those. Then they're
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overall smaller ornaments. They have a
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huge variety to choose from. But also,
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you know, there are other stores that
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have a huge variety like Hobby Lobby,
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like At Home. You may pay an extra
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dollar for them, but the quality is
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going to be so much better. Here, I
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think that these are better for if you
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have like a tree for your kids or maybe
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you're going to use these ornaments to
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embellish a gift or some other craft. I
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would go for those, but otherwise, you
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can find better quality other places.
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Now, the miniature houses, again, this
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is something that we get every year for
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my kids. They're cheap. They're
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plasticky. They're only $1.50. Just know
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that going in. Don't expect anything
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super special. They're battery operated.
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They turn on and off. Now, we're going
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to start to get into some of the higher
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priced items. These garland strings, I
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believe, are $7 each. If you are unsure
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about the price, you can download the
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Dollar Tree app or some of the stores
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now actually have the price check
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machines. They're starting to add those
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in. These little metal trees are very
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cute. I think that they're priced really
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well. They have a variety of different
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colors. They have like a darker gray or
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black. They've got the white. They've
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got the silver. They've got the red.
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Then you have these little um metal milk
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jars here in a variety of different
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styles. Those are each $5. Then you have
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these little wooden glitter trees. Those
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are also $5. Um they're okay. Um I would
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say maybe on these, but I do like the
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little milk jugs. They're very cute. And
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then you have these little countdown
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calendars. The little snowman has the
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carrot nose that moves around and you
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can count him down. He's $7. I think
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that these little accents are priced
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very well here at Dollar Tree. So, for
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my Dollar Tree rating, I'm going to give
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their selection a four. They do have a
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nice variety of items to choose from.
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Their stock is a three. Just keep in
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mind that there will be multiple waves
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of items that come through Dollar Tree
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throughout the holiday season. So, even
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since I've recorded this video, there
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are new items out that weren't out there
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before and items that I saw before, I
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don't see now. So, just remember that
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when it comes to Dollar Tree, there's
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going to be waves of inventory that come
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in and go out throughout the season. So,
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the stock is a three. The uh prices are
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a four. I think the prices are actually
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overall very good. There are some items
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that are a miss, but overall I think the
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prices are great at Dollar Tree this
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year. Then there's the ease of shopping.
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Just as far as the instore experience
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goes, it is hard to navigate through the
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aisles because there's always boxes.
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There's always boxes. I don't know why,
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but there are. And so just moving
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through the store is a little bit of a
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hassle. And then you had a whole section
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of things that were not priced. So there
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you could not see a price tag on them.
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They had a little scan tag and you would
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have to go to find the little uh price
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checker or you going to have to use the
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app to figure out exactly how much that
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item was. So, I don't think that that
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makes for an easy shopping experience at
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all. So, for that I had to deduct
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points. I will give Dollar Tree a three
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on ease of shopping. And then the
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quality there is okay. I would say three
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on the quality.
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Lastly was my trip to Five Below. Right
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here off the sidewalk, they had their
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4ft trees. They have green trees, they
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have pink trees, they have white trees,
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and they also had a few black trees left
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over from Halloween. These are all $7. I
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think the price on these is great. Now,
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the stockings. I've talked a lot about
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the stockings at Five Below. They have a
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huge variety of stockings. They're going
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to be in little pockets all over the
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store. So, if you see a section of
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stockings, don't think that that's all
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that they have. They had the satin ones
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there. They have these sort of like
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sharper ones here. Next to those, they
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have some quilted ones. Here you see
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they have um some of the uh monogrammed
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red stockings. They also have a white
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version with the monogrammed letter on
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them as well. All of these stockings are
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$4 each, by the way. Then you've got the
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pink ones, the white ones, the classic
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red without the monogram, and you have
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the plaid ones as well. These are just a
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great variety. You have your license
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character ones with the bluey and stitch
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and Shrek.
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One of the first decorative accents that
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really stood out to me was this cute
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little countdown, you know, days until
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Christmas Santa letter box. It's only
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$5. I think that this is really cute.
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Then you get into these little ceramic
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LED trees. Now, we're seeing these
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everywhere. They're priced well here. $5
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each at Five Below. They have that jumbo
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version that we saw at home that was
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like $40. I would definitely get these
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smaller ones. They have a white, they
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have a green, and they have a pink. And
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then they have a variety of little
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ceramic village houses. They all have
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some sort of a pink accent to them. So,
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if you have a pink theme going on, these
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are a good buy. They're all $4. I think
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there's three or four different styles
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to these. They have a nice glossy finish
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to them. I think they're really pretty.
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Then they have these smaller nutcrackers
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that are all $5. That's an excellent
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price for these, but there's only really
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one style of them. They don't have a lot
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of different variety there. And then you
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get into this large nutcracker, which is
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a feature for the year. It is $35 and
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he's 42 in tall. It's a great quality,
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but what I would say is that it is
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hollow. It's plastic. It's hollow and
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it's very light. So, I don't think that
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you're going to be able to use this
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outside on your front step. I think it
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will just end up being blown over. So, I
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it's good for an indoor accent. And then
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finally, I somehow missed uh or I lost
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some footage of the licensed ornaments.
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I talked about the licensed ornaments in
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the Hobby Lobby section of the last
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video. If you want to get the really
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cool licensed ornaments, I would go to
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Five Below. They have the best price.
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They've got the Cheetos and the ranch
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dressing bottles and, you know, the soda
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bottles and all that sort of stuff. So,
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if you want like a novelty licensed a um
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ornament, I would go here at Five Below
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cuz you'll be able to get them for $5 or
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less. For my ratings at Five Below, I
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would give their selection a three. They
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have a variety of items, but within each
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category, they only have like one or two
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things. So, for instance, those
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nutcrackers, they only really have one
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style of nutcracker. Even though it's
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phenomenal, the price is great, the
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quality is great, you're only getting
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one to choose from. Um, the biggest
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variety that I've seen in that store was
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with the stockings, but other than that,
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there's not a ton to choose from in
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there. And then the stock, the stock is
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decent as well. I would give that a
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three. Their prices are a four. I think
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the prices are the best for the quality
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overall out of almost all the stores
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that we've been to. And then the ease of
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shopping is also a four. You can have
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instore pickup. You can have it shipped
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to your home. There are a variety of
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options. It will tell you online which
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stores have that particular item in
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stock. So, I think the ease of shopping
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is very good. And then lastly, the
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quality is a four. All of the items
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there looked like they were wellmade and
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I didn't see any, you know, defects or
15:49
any obvious things wrong with any of the
15:51
items there. So, I would give the
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quality overall at Five Below A4. So
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overall, if I had to choose between
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Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Five
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Below for my basic Christmas
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decorations, I would lean towards Five
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Below, just because the quality of the
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items is really great for the price.
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Now, they do not have as big of a
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selection as Dollar Tree. There are
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certain things that you're going to find
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in Dollar Tree that you won't find at
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Five Below. So, that would be my next
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stop for those items. But for stockings,
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for tabletop accents, for little uh
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trees, I would go to Five Below over
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Dollar Tree. But again, there are
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certain things that you're just not
16:37
going to find at Five Below. And so,
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Dollar Tree would be my next stop. If
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you really wanted to shop and decorate
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on a budget this year, I would do a
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combination of Five Below and Dollar
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Tree this year. That's it for this
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video. I hope you found it helpful.
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Don't forget to visit me at diancor.com
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where I post all about home decorating
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ideas and inspiration over there. I
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