Santa’s Quarters

Yes, I voluntarily entered a Christmas shop in January. Gotta prepare for next year, after all!
I really liked this little store on Decatur. You can find all your regular Christmas culprits in here, plus some high-​end items and classical décor. Better yet, head to the left room to find a bunch of Mardi Gras-​themed items and take a piece of NOLA home with you for the next holiday season.
This was certainly a nice break from the tourist trap souvenir shops lining the streets in this neighborhood. Check it out!

WHAT a cute little store!
I will most definitely check this place out for years to come. The only thing I wish was different is that I wish they had an easy system to spot plastic/​hard-​to-​break ornaments from afar. We have Great Danes and plan to have kiddos, so breakable ornaments are not an option for us. If there was a color coding system, it would be great. (Breakable, unbreakable, glitter, non-​glitter, sharp, easy to swallow pieces, etc.) This would push this business over the edge. :)
Thank you for letting us browse! :)

Love this store! I come over to get a new ornament for my tree every year. Ladies are so friendly and helpful! Love «Lucy and Ethal»!

Tradition.
Whenever I come to a new city we always pick up a Christmas ornament to put on our tree from that city.
Across from the French Market on Decatur Street it has everything Christmas you could desire. Two very large rooms filled with holiday cheer and a lot NOLA items. They also have a lot of sports items for the local teams. We settled on a simple crystal like Fleur de Lis that has the year and New Orleans on it. Glad we are not running around at the last minute to get something.
The staff is very helpful and they even ship your purchases home for you for a reasonable price so shop to your hearts content.
If you are a Christmas lover like me, you need to check out Santa’s Quarters. You won’t be disappointed. I certainly could spend hours in this store and spend a lot of money. Worth a look if you are in the area.

I ordered the lush Carolina Fir and received a inferior line of garland that looked as though it had come from a garage sale. Beware of a 15% restock fee and you will pay your own shipping. Perhaps the worst customer service I have experienced in quite awhile.

A Christmas ornament can make a nice souvineer from a holiday and this shop in New Orleans definitely provides a nice variety of options. The shop is located on Decatur, right in the French Quarter. By the time you get this far down the street you have already been by a plethora of t-​shirt and souvineer shops. This is definitely a specialized shop to the theme of Christmas but it is also a great source for Halloween as I’ve recently encountered. There are some nice pieces specific to New Orleans; fleur de lis (more than you can shake a stick at), crawfish, street cars, mardi gras masks and of course New Orleans Saints stuff for the Who Dat nation! The shop is well organized and carries a nice variety in terms of price point and quality so you don’t have to break the bank or be stuck with overpriced poor quality pieces. The staff are really friendly and they ship!

I come here every year on my annual trip to New Orleans! I love this place. They have not just Christmas décor but Halloween and Mardi Gras as well. They will even customize your ornaments i.e. paint a name or date on.

Yes, I am that visitor who stopped by a Christmas shop in September during a visit to New Orleans. It was a rainy day and I ducked in to avoid the drops, but ended up discovering an adorable little shop instead. This shop is filled form top to bottom with cute holiday discoveries in every theme and shape. Besides the inventory, the ladies working here are extremely friendly and welcoming, even on a rainy day. I love Christmas shops like this because you can enjoy Christmas every day of the year. They had unique items including Mardi Gras Christmas decorations and cute items to create the perfect Santa’s Village. If you love Christmas like I do, then you’ll love this store.

It’s become our thing to buy a bird Christmas ornament on all of our trips together because our Christmas tree is bird themed and they make great souvenirs! After walking through the French Market, we spotted Santa’s Quarters and decided to stop in.
We wandered around looking at the extensive collection of ornaments, nativities, etc. We stopped in front of the large collection of Old World Christmas glass ornaments of birds. For those of you who don’t know, OWC makes pretty realistic glass bird ornaments. Not only were we looking for our souvenir, we were also looking for a replacement of one that had broken. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find it, even with the proprietor helping us. She even looked through their catalog, but to no avail. We ended up getting some others, and she gave us the catalog saying that she’d be happy to ship it to us if ever we find it for her to order. She wrapped our 3 ornaments in plenty of packaging to make the return flight, and didn’t judge that we were Atlantans wearing red on the day of the Saints-​Falcons game.
If you need some Christmas cheer, definitely stop in!

Fun little store devoted to Christmas all year round. Lots of ornaments and other Christmas tchotchkes. Fun little stop in the French Quarter.

I don’t know about you but my go to souvenir on vacation is a Christmas ornament. This place has a huge selection of ornaments and they are not limited to New Orleans themed ornaments. You won’t have trouble finding one that is perfect for you.

This shop is a little weird. In fact, I think it might be one of the few year round Christmas shops in the country, so soak it in!
You walk in, and no matter what time of year it is outside, it is Christmas inside ²⁴⁄₇. Seriously. I could never work here. Maybe if I was a masochist. Side bar: can you imagine a world where Christmas never ends? Seriously. Like, people coming in year round asking about mundane things like ornaments and lights. I’m just saying it takes a special kind of person to tolerate that. I mean, it’s only a matter of time before someone snaps because some customer asks about Santa Claus wrapping paper on January 2^nd.
Anyway, whatever you need at any time of year for Christmas kind of stuff is here. I guess this is a really good place to shop if you want to avoid Christmas crowds and do your Christmas gift/​decoration shopping in June. I suppose they must do good business, because this place has been around forever. It might have opened shortly after the very first Christmas. I don’t know. Also, a neat place for people to visit if they are in the mood for something a little off the beaten path.

Unique gifts. Reasonable prices! I got my sons does ornament here. They have a ton of things for good Christmas gifts if you have no clue what to get for someone like your mother in law, co-​workers, bosses you need a gift for someone who is hard to buy for this is your place!

It’s Christmas every day here at Santa’s Quarters. The plethora of Xmas paraphernalia is impressive as it is astounding; it’s almost like a flea market of holiday items got mixed in hoarder (ahem, collector) of all things Christmas. Why bother waiting for the stores to get in season when the season (of giving) is here at all times?
A cornucopia of the Xmas catalog is available. From Santa dolls to unique ornaments to fake wreaths and trees, LED lights, and gear, its pretty likely that whatever you’re looking for is going to be here. There is definitely no such thing as weird or retro, chances are they’ve sold it or still have it. Worse case scenario, search online and considering ordering from them directly as they’ve done a considerable job in doing their business online.
What brought me in here is their *glorious* (I repeat, glorious!) AC. The brutal anytime humid heat of NOLA is too much to bear when walking around hordes of other folks so temporarily ducking in here for their frigid temperatures is beyond refreshing. I am sure I’m not the only one and definitely not the only one to be wondering why a random Christmas shop is situated in the heart of the French Quarter. NOLA never gets dull and Santa’s Quarters gets my vote for something worth checking out at least once.

It has now become a tradition for me to shop here every time I visit New Orleans. I love this store. And it’s fun to walk into a Christmas store when it’s 100 degrees outside :) This place has so many different types of ornaments you are sure to find one for anyone! I love to come in and pick something unique to that trip, i.e. Jazz Fest, gumbo, a Tabasco pepper. The staff is very friendly and it’s just so welcoming to walk in.

Tis the Season to be Jolly! If you’re having some trouble this is the perfect place with all the christmas spirit at this christmas-​inspired French Quarter store.
From ornaments to lights, you will have a plethora of options. And the prices are right. Happy Pickings!

Heaven on earth for Christmas crazies like myself! Seriously, I would celebrate this holiday 11 months a year if it were up to me … so I see no problem cruising through a Christmas store in mid-​August.
This place had the most adorable assortment of ornaments. I strolled for quite some time, and easily could have bought a tree-​ful. They had cocktail ornaments, crawfish ornaments, naked men ornaments … everything and anything you could want for your Christmas tree.
A tour guide told us this place does more business in July and August than any other time of the year. I guess I’m not the only one who’s a sucker for the holly jolly season.
I bought a New Orleans ornament, featuring the Steamboat Natchez, for my collection.
Loved this place — if only more stores would start playing Christmas carols in the height of summer, I’d be a happy camper!

WHAT?! DID?! YOU?! SAY?!
CHRISTMAS ALL THE TIME?!
IN NEW ORLEANS?!
WHAAAAAT!!!
This is great! Christmas every stinkin’ day of the year, who would have thought that there would be a market for this in NOLA, not I my friend but I was happy that it was there when I made my trip down and I, for sure, bought some stuff for my tree.

Great little store where it’s Christmas all year round. This place is nostalgic for me, so I had to visit on my last trip to New Orleans. When I was young, my parents used to take me here and we’d pick out an ornament for the tree. Pretty cool memory and the place hasn’t changed much since then.
The service is very friendly and they’re willing to help you find anything you need. They have ornaments of local things, and a bunch of Santa themed items. Great selection. It’s not a large store, but they do a good job filling it with cool stuff.
I ended up getting a gift for my mom that I’m sure she’ll like. It’s always fun to go back home and this place reminds me of one of the reasons why I like the area so much.
If you love Christmas or know someone that does, this is the store for you.

If you’re in the French Quarter and you need a New Orleans themed Christmas ornament in August, then this should be your destination.
Honestly the Christmas all year round freaks me out a bit. C’mon let’s keep the seasons in perspective. However, my oldest brother helped renovate this place when it 1^st opened. I think it was his first job (outside of working for family) when he was a teen… so maybe 1977? I thought he was supercool to be working on a shop in the French Quarter.