The 10 Best Places to Buy Christmas Decorations in 2026 for a House Full of Compliments

When Christmas decorations are good, they’re great. When they’re bad, they’re terrible. The style decisions are just as divisive. Round ornaments or felt ones shaped like mice? Furry stockings or knitted ones? The best places to buy Christmas decorations have a point of view, and if you stick to one, maybe two, you might just achieve a holiday scene beyond your Hallmark dreams.

Some have the classic Ralph Lauren, horse-and-hound Christmas thing down pat; all that’s missing is a roaring fire and a couple of popped polos. Others take more liberties with the requisite evergreen accessories, tapping the top Christmas trends, whatever they happen to be that year, with enough variety to shake up your most well-worn holiday traditions.

We don’t care what the calendar says; we’re not sacrificing style. These are the places we’re shopping for Christmas decorations in 2026 to festoon every inch with the same discerning eye we bring to the rest of the year.

Where to Buy Christmas Decorations in 2026

Every place to buy Christmas decorations caters to a particular breed of holiday decorator. Find your people, whatever your budget, and the festive styling will follow.

1. Anthropologie

Anthropologie’s eclectic, often handmade selection takes holiday joy to some fairly extravagant extremes, for the decorator who dares to deck the halls a little differently. Here, traditional red and green are merely a starting point. Think ice blue, fuchsia (you might recall the brand’s viral, gigantic tree topper), and no shortage of pattern play, from candy cane stripes to jewel-encrusted riffs on humble plaid.

It is, after all, also a clothing store, so expect sartorial flourishes: tulle tree skirts, swanky tassel garlands, and a hand-beaded martini olive tree topper by whimsical NYC fashion designer Susan Alexandra. Purists can retreat to sister brand Terrain for nature-inspired, wonderfully unruly faux greenery. And the robust tabletop section keeps dinner parties glitzy and the festivities flowing with 12 Days of Christmas dessert plates and red lacquer coupe glasses, aka your new holiday mug.

Best for: Mirrored baubles, tulle tree skirts, beaded martini olives, and Christmas decor with a decidedly sartorial sway.

Lead time: Ships within a few business days, depending on destination. Cult favorites are prone to selling out and backorders.

Price: $$

2. West Elm

West Elm’s Christmas Shop has all the mid-century charm you’d expect from the brand, refreshing if your version of merry runs a little more minimal. Or, for the already-acquainted, a little more Lone Fox. The retailer’s new holiday curator brings a folky, heirloom sensibility into the fold, with cross-stitch stockings, frosty-forest tapestry pillows, and wild, twisty-stick garlands lending mantels a whimsically woodland, if decidedly editorial, air.

From merry riffs on mohair stockings to brassy bow-and-bell ornaments, it’s really a grade-A example of holiday decor that sits so seamlessly alongside your usual furnishings, you might forget to put it away. Add some of the most convincing artificial trees we’ve seen, and the lineup is akin to the serendipity of stumbling upon a festive flea market just outside a city populated entirely by people with excellent taste.

Best for: Mid-century Christmas ornaments, woodland-inspired greenery, and anyone with a weakness for retro charm.

Lead time: Standard delivery takes 1–4 weeks.

Price: $$

3. McGee & Co.

McGee & Co. makes holiday decor for people with timeless sensibilities who aren’t afraid of a trend. In fact, our editors routinely use Shea's seasonal previews as a barometer for where Christmas decorating is headed. This year, she’s introducing unexpected amaranthus florals and citrus in stacked arrangements and dried garland strands, cutting through the snoozier seasonal colorways.

The familiar Shea McGee house codes haven’t gone anywhere, either. Stocking holders in twisting antique brass, 'grandma' floral duvets, velvet-anywhere bows (now in cornflower blue), and charmingly textured, pre-lit rattan nutcrackers to flank the entryway have Shea’s ‘New Heritage’ fingerprints all over them.

Best for: A New Heritage Christmas of antique brass bows, cornflower-blue velvet, cascading amaranthus, and heirloom charm with an eye on what’s next.

Lead time: Most items ship within 3–5 business days.

Price: $$–$$$

4. Lulu and Georgia

For the self-identifying chic, Christmas can present quite the challenge. Except at Lulu and Georgia, where it seems the coolest editor, designer, or, minimally, the most tasteful person you follow on Instagram has already bought their holiday decorations. ‘Tinsel at 5. ’Tinis at 8.’ is the slogan of the brand’s 2026 collection, which tells you plenty about its particular breed of holiday glamour.

Striped bolster pillows get little flourishes at either end to resemble elongated candy canes. Brass ornaments? Cute, but a little obvious. Here, rattan ornaments with whimsical criss-cross borders offer a more interesting foray into festivity, while maximalist garlands mingling velvet ribbon with pearls leave no craving for opulence unsatisfied. Invite whomever you like to your holiday party. The best-dressed guest will almost certainly be the fir.

Best for: A distinctly cool, curated Christmas that, for all its pearls and polish, never feels cold.

Lead time: Allow 5–7 business days for processing, plus up to 7 business days for ground delivery.

Price: $$–$$$

5. GreenRow

Williams-Sonoma’s sustainable sister brand GreenRow might not yet be on your holiday radar, but it should be. You probably know it for its folky florals, English-style slipcovers, and otherwise eccentrically ‘granny chic’ decor. Come Christmas, those romantic, homespun sensibilities feel all the more inviting.

This season’s Remnant Tree Skirt and Beaded Garland look like they've been in the family. Made from upcycled cotton offcuts by a women’s collective in India, each is already a one-of-a-kind heirloom before its first Christmas. Meanwhile, the not faux, but reusable fabric tree trades bushy faux fir for a wonderfully sparse, 'grumpy' silhouette, all the better to show off hand-painted papier-mâché Floral Candle Clip Ornaments. The selection is tight, but the charm is disproportionate.

Best for: Handmade, one-of-a-kind Christmas curiosities, where imperfections are both intentional and endearingly elegant.

Lead time: Typically arrives within 4–5 business days.

Price: $$–$$$

6. Magnolia

With over 180 items in her holiday drop, you might as well call designer and Magnolia owner Joanna Gaines the queen of Christmas. Every year, it’s an heirloom holiday, yet her storybook assortment manages to find something new in even the oldest Christmas traditions.

Opulent, soft velvet stockings are hand-beaded with glittering snowflakes, with embroidered tree skirts in coordinating velvet. On the walls, an old-timey ‘Christmas Ball’ advertisement in an ornate frame. A wooden music box is the timeless keepsake your coffee-table book stack needed, its winter scene moving with the turn of an analog key. And since most of us know Joanna for entertaining, trust that the tabletop fare exceeds expectations for its price point, from antique-style silverware and ruffled plate edges to delicately fluted glassware that makes even Christmas dinner taste a little better.

Best for: Hand-beaded velvet stockings, antique-style Christmas tableware, and storybook novelties you might actually pass down.

Lead time: Allow 7–10 business days during Magnolia’s peak holiday season.

Price: $$

7. Etsy

You may have noticed a trend: new Christmas decorations are trying very, very hard to look like old ones. If you’d rather skip the impersonators and go straight to the source, Etsy is one of our favorite places to shop vintage holiday decor.

Sellers obviously vary, but think global. A quartet of hand-painted, probably Russian, folk-art Santa bells? A German-made mesh St. Nick ornament from the 1920s? No two countries, or decades, have ever agreed on what Father Christmas should look like. And therein lies the fun. 'Vintage pieces are being mixed more and more with modern decor,’ observes Alexis Woodbury Earman of The Woodbury Home. ‘I’ve been able to find stunning ornaments, authentic brass Christmas bells, and thick luxurious bows and ribbons to add to my tree.’

Best for: Vintage folk-art Christmas decorations from around the world, wintry wall hangings, and antique oddities you’d be hard-pressed to find twice.

Lead time: Domestic shipping typically takes 3–7 business days; allow longer for international orders.

Price: $–$$$

8. Target

A Ralph Lauren Christmas on a Target budget? In 2026, you better believe it. The retailer’s collaboration with designer Shea McGee has made it possible to assemble the whole affair – festive thoroughbred wall art, tartan stockings, and, largely, for less than $40 apiece. Joanna Gaines’s collection, meanwhile, is a trip through Christmases past, warmed up with retro golden advent calendars, block-printed fir motifs, and a mug-and-cookie-tray set reserved exclusively for Santa.

And once you've sufficiently indulged in designer, get lost in one of the more robust indoor-outdoor light and inflatable assortments we’ve ever seen, should guests (and a certain someone) need help locating the festivities. Everything plays nicely with decorations you already own, but if you’re starting from square one, you could easily entrust the entire seasonal operation to Target.

Best for: An extensive selection of nostalgic Christmas decorations, from tartan stockings to outdoor lights, at accessible prices.

Lead time: Ships in 1–2 business days, with possible delays during peak season. In-store pickup is available if you need something sooner.

Price: $

9. At Home

At Home is something of an open secret among the most committed Christmas decorators we know, with holiday collections arriving as early as late summer. You probably won’t fill a cart with future heirlooms, but for the singular, slightly eccentric finishing touches that make an existing collection interesting, there’s plenty to be had.

At $4.99, glittering gold hydrangea picks could carry an otherwise sparsely decorated tree. A jewel-embroidered Santa sleigh pillow? The couch, if not the entire living room. An antique-style faux-leather nutcracker book box conceals spare remotes on the coffee table. And iridescent white polar bears, twinkling beneath necklaces even glitzier than their coats, say ‘North Pole’ before anyone sets foot inside. Whatever your Christmas decorations are missing, chances are At Home has already thought of it.

Best for: Affordable statement pieces, from gilded florals to jeweled polar bears, that give your existing Christmas decorations a little more personality.

Lead time: Arrives in 3–6 business days via FedEx Ground. In-store pickup orders are typically ready the same day.

Price: $

10. Wayfair

We all know Wayfair. But not all of us know the utter bliss of its Christmas corner. The curation is a little looser than at the other names on this list, but there’s still plenty of direction if you know where to look. Take its 2026 Old Hollywood Christmas edit, packed with golden Regency-style glass etching and mixed metallics that put the tinsel in Tinseltown. Or Cozy Cabin Christmas, where nostalgic St. Nick dinner plates and ‘grandma’ floral block-printed napkins set the stage for many a merry family meal.

And in a season of one-off drops, there’s something to be said for customers reporting back one, two, even three Christmases later on that ornament set you’ve been considering. You won’t find Christmas candor quite like this everywhere.

Best for: Christmas decor of every stripe, with sale finds and open-box deals worth digging for.

Lead time: Varies by seller. Smaller items typically ship within 1–2 business days; larger pieces within 2–5.

Price: $–$$

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