Mistletoe

I liked this store as a festive year round Christmas store. Quite a unique idea with many novel twists. Ornaments, manger scenes, Xmas Disney characters, etc. Some silly items but others well crafted and quite beautiful. The woman operating the store was quite helpful, wrapping fragile items for travel and sending along a catalog for future purchases. A bit difficult to imagine Santa in San Diego sunshine, but I anticipate greater appreciation in a Pittsburgh December.

1 star for the service 3 stars for the stuff in the store. So i averaged 2 stars.
Came in last night the employee never spoke to anyone entering or leaving the store. Not one word. He was actually on his phone texting. I walked by he never looked up from his cell. I walked up to my bf and said lets not support this store. It was like this last year too. Why work somewhere if you dont want to work?
Some of there stuff is cute. Lots of ornaments and knick knacks to decorate for Christmas. Most of it is reasonably priced but some things are outrageous. Like over 200 $ for something that should be 50 $.
I dont like this store that much but it was fun to look around. I suggest city lights way over this store. Esp c they dont seem to want your business anyway.

Seaport Village is very touristy, but a fun place to browse. The only reason I even went into Mistletoe was because I was attracted to a large Nutcracker on the porch.
The store is small, but crammed with lots of Christmas ornaments, etc.
I do not need any more ornaments, but found myself picking out a few to give as gifts. Also bought a few greeting cards.
The woman behind the counter (perhaps the owner?) was very pleasant.

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Wow. Just wow.
The wonderful thoughts of «OMG THERE’S A HOLIDAY STORE, A CHRISTMAS STORE ALL YEAR ROUND» are dashed as soon as you walk in. Well, I guess I’m kidding a little bit.
You go inside and walk around and look at all the beautiful Christmas decorations and you wonder, why can’t I buy this and take this home? You look at the price and then you find out why. Yep. A year-​round Christmas store selling expensive Christmas decorations. Maybe their clientele are of upper echelon or something O_​o? But it was wayyy too expensive for me, and their clearance rack was meh or had some visible chips on the side, etc, etc. It’s a nice place to walk through in Seaport Village if you are a fan of Christmas decorations. You also get to do it in peace too, as the cashiers don’t talk to you unless you initiate the conversation.
Not to bag on them, but they have some really awesome stuff here, but as an all-​year round Christmas store, they should think of the others and have a «cheaper» version.
You do you, Mistletoe.

We’ve been in the store for 15 minutes and the chick behind the counter hasn’t gotten off her cell phone – which is on speaker.
Is there a 0 star option?

hmm… was deciding between giving this place 2 stars or 3. The only reason I gave this place 3 stars is because I’ve been coming here since I can remember and the memories I have associated with this place.
Anyways, I’ve always liked coming into this store when visiting Seaport Village. Just walking around and looking at all the decorations and ornaments is fun.
Some of the ornaments in this shop are pretty expensive :\ They are very beautiful but I’m hesitant on purchasing too many really expensive ornaments. They have a good selection and have an area just for San Diego related gifts/​ornaments.
It’s a cute little shop but some of the employees I’ve encountered here haven’t been a great face for the store. The last time I was here there was a young lady behind the counter who didn’t even say hi as we walked in because she was too busy talking about «boy issues» with her friend. Her friend was so loud talking about this and that… using inappropriate language. I felt bad for the parents of the little kid that was walking around… not okay! She never even asked us if we were doing okay or if we needed help with anything because she was too preoccupied with herself and her friend. She was nice enough as we were checking out but she definitely does not understand what is and is not appropriate behavior during business hours. This kind of customer service is why I wanted to give this place 2 stars to begin with.

I had a very good shopping experience at Mistletoe. They have a great selection of ornaments and some are unique and beautiful too. The man who was working there was very helpful and had a great sense of humor. If you are looking for high quality ornaments and good service, this shop is about as good as it gets!

We had an awful experience in this shop. The man behind the counter was having either a bad day or a bad life or maybe he’s just jerk all the time, I don’t know… I don’t really care either.
We walked over to the shop after a pleasant dinner on what was a cold night for southern California. We didn’t have jackets because we didn’t feel we needed them, we’re easterners raised in cold states.
This guy lets in on a tirade about «how tough» we must think we are «by showing off that» we didn’t need coats.
It was ugly and menacing, and we figured he was a little crazy, so we didn’t respond and but he kept it up. I asked him what his problem was and he said he didn’t have a problem. I told him I intended to speak to the storeowner about him and he told me to «go right ahead» since the owner is his sister.
Apparently, he’s never heard of a blog spot being dedicated to the dangers of shopping in his sisters store… yeah, we’re that angry… we’re putting up a blog spot about this place.
I don’t know if this clown was drunk or what, and we don’t have a problem with his sister and it’s really too bad she has to pay the piper for this bozo. What a smuck.

On August 15, 2011, my daughter and I went into «Mistletoe Holiday Store» in San Diego to purchase a specific Christmas ornament for my other daughter. I was looking for the glittery sand dollar ornament with San Diego and the year written on it. I asked the store clerk if they had any and he said they were out of them at that time. I picked another sand dollar that showed the «Del» on Coronado Island and plan to write the date on it. My daughter and I continued to look around the store and I stopped and saw a cute «little» snowman hanging on a curvy metal holder. Unfortunately, I took the ornament off the holder to look at it and then thought I put it back correctly, but it fell and broke. I honestly said «Oh sh##». The clerk hollered over to where I was and asked if I was okay and I told him yes. I picked up the pieces that broke and took it to the counter. NOTHING was said at the time about me paying for the item, but in my own mind, I knew I would be a good person and ask if he wanted me to pay for it. A few minutes later, I went up to the counter to pay for the sand dollar and asked the clerk (a guy) if he wanted me to pay for it and he told me that is what the store policy was. I still never saw a sign by the cash register, but my daughter said there was a sign saying that you had to pay for anything you broke. Maybe, THEY need to put a sign at the front door. I know I broke it, but I thought maybe he’d be NICE, but no way. As my daughter was paying for her purchase, I said to her that I wondered if a store employee, who was putting up the display and dropped an ornament, had to pay for it out of their check. The guy «slammed» the cash register drawer, so I took that to mean «It’s none of your business lady» and in reality, they don’t pay for it. This teeny weeny ornament cost $ 11.29 and as my daughter said, it probably cost them $ 0.50. If I had been smart, I would have asked to have seen the invoice, but I didn’t. The decision has been made that WE WILL NEVER GO BACK IN THAT STORE AGAIN. Very poor customer service, so if any of you go there, keep your hands very, very close to yourself and don’t touch anything.

Given that my favorite time of the year is Thanksgiving-​Christmas, I loved this place. Had tons and tons of christmas ornaments and other decorations. My mom is an even bigger Christmas lover than myself so I bought her a few new ornaments in her favorite theme, snowmen, that I know she will love. The only downside, they were kind-​of pricey. Bought 4 ornaments for $ 41 and some change. The price took away a star from this review…

Went back to Mistletoe the evening before I left San Diego to buy a couple of Christmas ornaments that had caught my eye: The Christmas Pickle (there is a whole German Christmas story behind this) and a carved wooden Cardinal — very gorgeous and festive!
I opted to have them package up the ornaments and ship home to me. I think they had a better chance of arriving unbroken as opposed to being packed in my suitcase and letting the airline toss it them around.

Love this little shop. Something for every budget. I get ornaments for each grandchild which they personalize free each year. One stop shopping for 11 kids is a good thing. Always pleasant and cheerful.

How do you possibly keep a Christmas store in business year-​round? You’d think that a store that sells only Christmas ornaments and decorations would hemorrhage money nine months out of the year. The answer is quite simple: dedicate an entire wall to San Diego souvenir ornaments and place it somewhere that gets a ton of tourist traffic. Maybe someplace like… drum roll please… Seaport Village!
This is still a nice little shop that sells a good selection of ornaments and other decorations, many of which are customizable. We bought a cute «Baby’s First Christmas» ornament here last year (the kind where you can put a baby’s picture in the middle), and they even neatly wrote my son’s name and the year with a paint pen on the glazed ceramic edges.
Not a bad place to shop when you’re looking for high-​end Christmas decorations. However, unless you’re a tourist or an impulse shopper I’m not sure why you’d give this place a second glance outside of the holiday season.

It’s not a tourist trap without a fudge store, a t-​shirt store, and a Christmas store. Guess which of those requirements Mistletoe fills at Seaport Village. I actually like ornaments as souvenirs go — of course though since I grew up in San Diego I could care less about San Diego souvenirs.
Mistletoe has some a pretty big variety of Christmas ornaments, with a cute paper mache santa with sleigh that I considered getting. Their San Diego Christmas selection is pretty good, and they have some of the prettiest customizable ornaments I’ve seen.