Of course, you can purchase poinsettias here at Mitchell's Nursery, but they offer plants and succulents all year round.

And speaking of year round, there's a shop in one of our southern most beach towns that is a Christmas store that's open year round.

Let's take a visit to Callahan's of Calabash.

- [Sadie] Hot sand, salty hair and sunburns.

If you've spent much time in North Carolina, you've probably enjoyed a summer day at the coast.

For me, them and swimming and putt putt at Sunset Beach, but right around the corner in the town of Calabash, you can walk from the blazing sun straight into a winter wonderland, and at Callahan's, it doesn't matter the time of year.

- We got a lot of questions.

Well, when do you take all this down?

Well, we don't.

This is it.

What makes this unique is you can come in January through December.

It is fully decked out all the time, Christmas music playing.

- [Sadie] Nestled in one wing of this 35,000 square foot store is St. Nick Nack's Christmas Shop, and nobody knows more about it than buyer and curator Karen Wilson.

- We want you to come into the shops and we want you to feel at home first.

We want you to feel Southern hospitality, but then we want you to come and explore and we want you to be inspired by the five rooms that we offer.

It's over a hundred trees.

One of our specialty offerings that we are known for is our ribbon selection.

We also have, I mean it's over a million ornaments here, so we have a little bit for everyone.

We have tabletop.

We have a lot of home decor.

So, from start to finish, we can do your home.

- It's Christmas all year round, but now that we're leading up to Christmas, it's nice to be here and see what new things are available.

- [Karen] But you look at it and go, that is incredible.

So we want it to look like pieces of artwork.

- [Sadie] And do you have a favorite one that's up right now?

- Oh no.

That would be like picking a child.

No.

No, each one that we just finished would be my favorite.

The one that we just finished would've been my favorite.

- [Sadie] Callahan's has been a staple of Calabash for nearly 50 years.

- It's the last little Southern town in North Carolina.

So it's just very, very unique because it's kind of a sleepy little town, but yet, we are very modern in food and in retail experience.

- [Sadie] That experience drew this church group into town for seafood and a little bit of shopping.

- Hey, I was called up yesterday by the pastor to ask me to drive the bus for these ladies.

- Yeah, we had a choice on where to go to eat out and I said, "Well, why not go to Calabash?"

- [Reporter] It's not just Christmas.

Callahan's is also complete with a garden section, fudge, clothes, souvenirs and nautical treasures.

- I really like how it's laid out and you can walk through for hours and get lost in it and still not see everything.

- People used to say it looked like Christmas threw up in my house.

If I had had enough money, I would've been coming out probably with about four or five bags full.

- But the best thing about Christmas is family get togethers.

- [David] If I had to go on they bus, stays on the bus.

- [Martha] That's right.

[church group chuckles] - [Sadie] Karen has been around to watch this family business grow into family tradition.

- What Clark's vision when he purchased this and began to toy with the idea to put a Christmas shop in here, he wanted nostalgia.

He wanted a place where families or individuals can come feel something of joy, something that's calming.

With tradition, you want to change but stay the same.

If your grandparents brought you or your parents brought you, you're gonna recognize the toys underneath the register.

You're gonna recognize some of the features of the shop that really have not changed.

However, you're also gonna walk into the store and see the latest and the trend.

- My family and I have always vacationed down in Myrtle Beach and when we would always come here, obviously, to Callahan's, it just was so magical and I just love all the trees, the Santas, the smells, the music, and when I would walk through, I'm singing.

I'm just having a really good time.

But every year when we would come, when I would go to check out at a register, I would tell them, "One year I will live here and I will work here."

And here I am.

Did you guys find everything you needed?

- [Customer] We did.

- And then some?

- [Customer] Yes, always coming here.

- It's easy to do.

- Bottom line is the meaning of Christmas and bottom line is the sense of love and peace and joy and unity.

- [Sadie] And that's what keeps people like Scarlett, Jannell and me coming back year after year.

[gentle music] - Callahan's of Calabash is at 9973 Beach Drive Southwest in Calabash and they open daily from 9:00 AM.

For more information, give them a call at [910] 579-2611 or go online to callahansgifts.com.