CAMP HILL, Pa. (WHTM) -
Christmas may be a bit blue now that a business in Cumberland County is closing. Kathie's Christmas and Collectibles is going out of business because owner Kathie Hughes is retiring.
People from across the area have been coming to the store for decades. Hughes is celebrating the store's 32nd anniversary this month.
The store was closed Wednesday and pink paper covered the windows while Hughes and her staff were busy setting up for a big sale that begins Thursday.
Kathie's Christmas and Collectibles has long, successful history. Hughes opened the shop back in 1980 because of her love of everything Christmas. Business has been booming ever since.
Hughes is closing the shop because she and her husband want to retire and spend more time with family. As of right now, she has no plans to sell the business, but is considering it.
"We would be happy to sell the business to somebody else, so if you know anybody, let us know," she said. "It's very difficult. I don't know that the scope of what we have here would be the perfect fit for a lot of people to buy it."
The closing sale will begin Thursday at 10 a.m. Shoppers can enter for their chance to win a 2013 Hyundai.
Hughes expects the shop to close by the end of the year.
