Glacier Chocolate Shop Decorates For Christmas Season

It's not even Thanksgiving, but businesses are already decorating for Christmas.

A Tulsa chocolate shop is taking it to the next level.

It was the week before lights on at Utica Square where Glacier Chocolate Shop hung decorations with care.

1,500 feet of garland, 4,500 lights in all, which took over a week for owner Katie Hutto and her team to install.

"We started meeting about it in June, and it was a little bit of a larger feat than we expected," said Katie.

But she says her vision was perfected.

Katie says she thought decorating would be neat.

"It would be really fun to turn it into a real-life gingerbread house that people could come and enjoy, get a cup of hot chocolate, get a little treat," she said.

It's her favorite time of year when nutcrackers, candy canes, and reindeer fill her store.

"One little girl walked in here and said, wow, it's so magical in here, and that's exactly what we were hoping for," Katie said.

She wishes the ornaments and lights never had to come down.

"I'd love to leave it here year-round."

But instead, she's going to savor the moments of the merriest time of year and celebrate every little bit.

"The joy people get from the holidays,” she said. “Just spending time with family and friends and just enjoying it all. I love Christmas, I love Christmas lights and everything that goes along with it."

She hopes people will stop by, check out the lights, and even take some pics.