Holiday Tribute Store

The **Holiday Tribute Store** is an annual **Tribute Store** in Universal Studios, themed around the Winter Holidays (mostly Christmas) and selling Holiday apparel. In Florida these are often housed within the Macy's Facade of New York, and Studio Styles in Hollywood.

The Holiday Tribute Store typically consists of various Holiday themed rooms. Consistent sources of theming in the Holiday Tribute Stores include Dr. Seuss' *How the Grinch Stole Christmas!* (1957) and its various adaptations, the infamously controversial *Harry Potter* franchise, and the Universal Parks original character *Earl the Squirrel*.

## 2020 Tribute Store

The first Holiday Tribute Store which was located in the New York building location.

### Rooms

* **Christmas**:
* **How the Grinch Stole Christmas**:
* **Harry Potter**:
* **Earl's Tree Farm**:

## 2021 Tribute Store

This Tribute Store was located in the New York area.

### Backstory

This Tribute Store had a farm exterior and was themed to being the workshop of Santa Claus and his elves.

### Rooms

* **Santa's Workshop**:
* **Earl the Squirrel’s Christmas Curios Museum & Emporium**:
* **Whoville Sanitation Department**: Set in the town of Whoville from How the Grinch Stole Christmas!.
* **Yule Ball**:

### Trivia

* Wooden toys in Santa's workshop included the DeLorean from Back to the Future, Quint's boat the ORCA from Jaws, and E.T. in his Spaceship.
* A chalkboard with plans for "Sara's Kitty" referenced the facade of the 2018 *Halloween Horror Nights Tribute Store*.
* A stuffed bear in Santa's workshop may have been a reference to the Halloween Horror Nights bear.
* The 2020 Tribute Store had wooden blocks recreating Universal Studios iconic structures.

## 2022 Tribute Store

This Tribute Store was located in the New York area.

### Backstory

This building was the "Tribute Department Store" with a 1208 address (possibly in New York City and run by *I. Stein & Co.*). Each of the department store's floors had different theming.

### Rooms

* **New York Holiday**:
* **Wizarding World**:
* **Earl's North of the Border**:
* **Whoville**:

### Trivia

* The theming of this store was likely inspired by *A Miracle on 34th Street* (1947).

## 2023 Tribute Store

THis Tribute Store was located in the Hollywood area.

### Backstory

This building was themed to the "Universal Tribute Store and Post" used by the postal service "Studio Shipping and Post", while seemingly set in the Winter of 1990. This postal service is a fictional (and likely non-canonical) postal service which delivers mail to the various locations which make up Universal Studios including: Hollywood, New York (and the World Expo), Isla Nublar (and Jurassic Park), Marvel Super Hero Island, Hogsmeade, Skull Island, San Francisco, Who-Ville, Amity Island, the Black Lagoon, Diagon Alley, Toon Lagoon, the Lost Continenet, Volcano Bay and more.

### Rooms

* **‘Harry Potter’ Owl Post**:
* **Whoville Post Office**:
* **Earl the Squirrel Post Office**:

## References

1. ↑ https://wdwnt.com/2021/11/photos-video-tour-the-2021-holiday-tribute-store-at-universal-studios-florida/
2. ↑ https://orlandoinformer.com/blog/inside-universal-orlando-first-ever-holiday-tribute-store/
3. ↑ https://wdwnt.com/2023/11/holiday-tribute-store-2023-usf-full-tour/