Tannenbaum Christmas Shop

Every year, I come to this store with my daughters so they can pick out a new ornament for our Christmas tree. It has been a tradition for over five years and is something I did as a child too. The shop has lots of beautifully crafted and unique ornaments. The main reason I can’t give five stars is because the aisle ways of the store are so incredibly narrow that only one person can fit in them at a time. We have always encountered staff that is exceptionally friendly and personable.

Everything Christmas awaits you at Tannenbaum Christmas Shop. I was happy to stumble across this place when visiting the Old Market neighborhood in Omaha since it’s my tradition to collect ornaments from everywhere I visit. The shop looks small from the outside, but through some sort of dimension-​shifting, Harry Potter type magic it opens up to reveal a much larger space.
Once inside, I promise you can find a Christmas ornament for just about any taste. They have antique style glass ornaments, Disney ornaments, ornaments shaped like tractors, ornaments dedicated to your favorite sports team (so long as it’s the Cornhuskers). They had Christmas themed wine coozies, hand sewn stockings. They had pretty much everything you’d need for a successful Christmas except the turkey. Unless you needed a turkey shaped Christmas ornament, because they had those too. Do be mindful of the amount of stuff in the shop because several of the aisles are very narrow, and as one can expect from a Christmas shop, most of the stuff is fragile.
I left happy and successful in my souvenir search with an ornament shaped like an ear of corn… because Nebraska.

Here comes Santa Clause and he is coming in about 1,000 different varieties in this store! It kinda blows my mind that a whole store that is open year round is dedicated to just Christmas stuff! But then again my mom collects Santa’s and I have always wanted to open a Christmas themed bar, and when I do, Im totally going to come here for decorations!
I have the name for the bar… BLITZEN’s cause you go there to get Blitz!
I imagine an old jukebox full of christmas classics, and lots of christmas decorations, and I know just the place to get them!

Very disappointed with our experience here. We have family in town, and have a tradition of Christmas ornament shopping. There were 12 of us, which we understand can be overwhelming. We split up and started showing each other our favorites, because it’s rare to get the whole family together (they were visiting from North Carolina.)
A sales associate approached us and asked, «Can I help you?» My mother responded, «We are only looking at the moment, but we will let you know.» The sales associate then sat down behind the register, groaned, and said very audibly: «This IS a store, you know.»
I say we were disappointed because we were quite set on purchasing, and were all excited by the incredible selection. However, after the rudeness, we gathered everyone and stepped onto the street. The second sales associate then followed us moments later onto the street, where we were standing pretty shocked and embarrassed. She said, «What are you guys doing? Why is she looking at me like that? Do you guys have a problem?» I told her, «Ma’am, you are a business owner. That was very inappropriate behavior, as we are customers. Please go back inside, it is inappropriate to follow us back outside. Have a nice day.» To which she rolled her eyes and said, hatefully and inaccurately, «Yeah, you have a nice day too, why don’t you go on back to Iowa.»
Ma’am, I will have you know that you single handedly lost a large volume of customers with your rudeness. This store is beautiful and has an amazing selection, but how is anyone excepted to commit to a purchase without the chance to browse? We were only in the store for five minutes.
Again, great selection but we will not be back and will be certain to tell absolutely everyone we know in Omaha about this very disappointing experience.

If you are looking for some themed Christmas ornaments or ornaments for gifts for someone specific, this would probably be a good place to check out. They’ve got ornaments of all types. Kitschy, pretty, classic, cute, colorful, weird, a little bit WTF, and so on. They’ve also got some décor for your holiday needs. Figurines, cookie jars, platters, etc. The prices really aren’t too bad (buying 1 or 2 isn’t anything too bad, buying enough to cover a tree and it will get expensive fast). Basically, if you like Christmas or need ornaments, this would be a good stop for you.
My only real complaint would be that when we went (March 21^st), there was a pretty strong chemical smell when we entered. No idea what that was about, but it was pervasive all through the side portion of the store and was unpleasant. Possible it was just a one off problem, but made my experience a little less pleasant.

This little Christmas shop is much bigger inside than the outside looks. Walk inside and you can find something for almost anyone on your list who loves Christmas. There are a ton of glass ornaments to choose from, garlands to hang on your tree, tree toppers, Christmas décor to hang around the house and many wonderful keepsake ornaments.
During «Christmas in the Old Market» it’s especially nice to pop in this shop to get out of the cold and look for a new addition to you ornament collection. They even have a few items that can be personalized. We dropped by early December and they still had a few Thanksgiving/​Halloween decorations out in a certain section that were quite delightful.
All in all a nice little shop that is interesting to check out downtown.

Would have loved to purchase Olympic Swim Trial ornaments or just a greater variety of swimming ornaments. The store associate told me that Joe, the owner, had the opportunity to order these in plenty of time, but did not, because, «Joe does not care». 20,000 swim fans at the CenturyLink Center needed Joe to care this week.

Fantastic store, loaded with everything Christmas, and so full you had to be careful not to brush against something. The walls from floor to ceiling and shelves were covered in every theme known t man kind. Love looking, but hubby was a little impatient.
This place had the best nativity sets, the best decorative plates, cups and saucers, and anything else that you could think of, from that nutcracker, to the 4 foot Santa doll. Should stop in even if you’re not a Christmas enthusiast.

A store in downtown Omaha that sells Christmas items year round? Awesome!
The halls are decked with everything Christmas from decorations to ornaments. They even have some Halloween and Thanksgiving décor… not much because this is a Christmas shop ;) Walls and walls of every kind of ornament you could ask for is just awesome! If you’re looking for a very specific ornament you’re likely to find it here… no joke. My friend is a dental student and she said she found numerous dental themed ones. I found a Christmas ornament that was Halloween themed… enough said.
The store staff is super friendly and helpful. The store itself has narrow aisle ways to accommodate the inventory so be aware. They don’t allow strollers which makes sense since so much is breakable and valuable.
I also love the outside of the store as it’s covered in ivy and located in the Old Market area of Omaha.

If you can’t find the Christmas ornament you’re looking for here, then it probably doesn’t exist. Tannenbaum has an amazing assortment of ornaments, tree-​toppers, «Christmas City» sets, mangers, and decoration of all kinds mostly for Christmas but for many other holidays as well. My wife and I make a traditional annual trek here to select 1 new ornament each year. They have everything from the whimsical to simply beautiful and within every budget. The only drawback is during the holiday season, the VERY tight aisles can get claustrophobic. Navigating your way around without breaking something is a challenge. Overall Tannenbaum has become an Omaha classic for the holiday — or any season.

I love this shop. It is decked wall to wall, floor to celing with tons of ornaments and decorations. I find tons of treasured everytime I go there. It is a little tight in there not a lot of room to move around especially if they are busy. They also don’t allow strollers inside because it is so tight not that I have a stroller to bring but many people do.