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Spirit Halloween
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About
Spirit Halloween is an American holiday retailer owned by Spencer Gifts which sells Halloween costumes, props and decorations in temporary store fronts seasonally and online year around. The company's unique operation of occupying older storefronts seasonally has become a central part of the commentary involving the Spirit Halloween stores on Twitter and Reddit.
History
In 1983, Spirit Halloween was founded by Joe Marver when he opened the first location in Castro Valley Mall. In 1999, Spirit Halloween was purchased by Spencer gifts and grew to 60 seasonal locations nation wide. As of August 2019, Spirit Halloween has expanded to over 1,200 locations in the United States.[1] On December 28th, 2015 Imgur[2] user meetybeefy included Spirit Halloween in their rundown shopping center starter pack (shown below, left) Three years later, on December 22nd, 2018, @tammygolden[3] tweeted, "The government has only been shut down for 2 HOURS and already there's one of those Halloween stores in there" which led to various photo edits of the Whitehouse with a Spirit Halloween sign on the front (shown below, right). The tweet gained over 10,000 retweets and 65,600 likes in a year.
![Starter Pack The "Rundown Shopping Center" starter pack Bradloos Kmart CRAFTSMA DieHard GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE SPIRIT HALLOWEEN](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/561/450/745.png)
![Government Shutdown tammy golden @tammygolden The government has only been shut down for 2 HOURS and already there's one of those Halloween stores in there 2:04 AM Dec 22, 2018 from Los Angeles, CA Twitter for Android](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/561/451/558.png)
On August 29th, 2019, Twitter user @Jessica_Dickens[4] called Spirit Halloween "the hermit crab of corporations" (Shown below, left). Many Twitter users and Redditors created posts surrounding the fact that Spirit Halloween temporarily takes over old stores. Two days later, Twitter user @primawesome[5] tweeted, "I left my car unlocked while I ran into the market and someone opened a Spirit Halloween in it" (show below, right). The tweet gained over 1,700 likes and 200 retweets in two days.
![Hermit Crab Jessica Dickens @Jessica_Dickens Replying to @BookishPlinko Spirit Halloween is the hermit crab of corporations. 9:11 AM Aug 29, 2019 Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/561/452/3bb.png)
![Car Mike Primavera @primawesome I left my car unlocked while I ran into the market and someone opened a Spirit Halloween in it. 1:22 PM Sep 1, 2019 Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/561/453/fd4.png)
Fandom
Spirit Halloween has created a cult following with many YouTubers filming excursions to Spirit Halloween. On September 22nd, 2017 the Beyond Family uploaded a video of their trip to Spirit Halloween which gained over 10.2 million views in two years (shown below, left). The next month, Florida SaeSana uploaded another family trip to Spirit Halloween video which accumulated over 40 million views in two years (shown below, right).
Various Examples
![Jim SkreamKween @skream_kween Spirit Halloween looking for vacant stores for rent after September 1st 1:10 PM Sep 3, 2019 . Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/561/459/ede.png)
![Rubs Hands together Anyabelle: Creation @BookishPlinko *bookstore goes out of business in the summer* Spirit Halloween: 11:29 AM Aug 28, 2019 Twitter for Android SUPEA AN](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/561/458/457.png)
![Entire Stock Any store: *Goes out of business* Spirit Halloween: T'll take your entire stock](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/561/457/557.png)
![I know More When the guy at Spirit Halloween asks if you need any help Iknow more than you. Parkfour](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/561/456/a49.jpg)
![Waiting EVERYONE IS OUT BUYING POOLAND BEACH STUFF JUMPINE SPT WE'RE MOT OPEN YET BUT YOU CAN STILL FIND EVERYTHING YOU NEED AT SPIRITHALLOWEEN.COM & THEN THERE'S ME... HORROR FAMILY](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/561/455/348.png)
![Hocus Pocus #1 super princess peach fan @allisonthe13th ME: I need a zipper from joann fabrics THE SPIRIT HALLOWEEN IN THE CLOSED SEARS NEXT DOOR: Come, Tittle chilldren. The time's come to play. GIF 12:41 PM Aug 31, 2019 Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/561/454/d6b.png)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Fandom β Spirit Halloween
[2] Imgur β meetybeefy
[3] Twitter β Tammygolden
[4] Twitter β Jessica_Dickens
[5] Twitter β Primawesome
Top Comments
iotacom
Sep 03, 2019 at 09:55PM EDT
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