40 Workers Laid Off From Christmas Tree Shops In Morris County

MORRIS COUNTY, NJ — The impending closure of Christmas Tree Shops will result in the loss of 40 jobs at the company's sole Morris County location.

In court filings earlier this month, Christmas Tree Shops said it would liquidate all stores. The home goods chain plans to close all of its remaining locations by the end of August.

Christmas Tree Shops in Rockaway is located at 327 Mt. Hope Avenue, inside the Rockaway Townsquare shopping mall.

Christmas Tree Shops still had 10 New Jersey stores at the time. But since then, the human cost has become clearer, with the chain filing notices announcing 531 layoffs from those stores.

Nine of the stores remained open as of Thursday. In addition to the Rockaway location, the stores in Cherry Hill, Deptford, Freehold, Mays Landing, Paramus, Brick, Springfield, and Woodland Park were still open.

Christmas Tree Shops in Bridgewater has shuttered.

The precise timing of the remaining New Jersey stores' closures isn't clear.

A social media post from Christmas Tree Shops urged bargain hunters to check with the stores as they are being closed rapidly, saying that everything in the store is 30-70 percent off now.

The New England-headquartered company closed seven of its stores in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, CBS Boston reported Monday.

Christmas Tree Shops initially filed for bankruptcy in May following the collapse of its parent company, per Patch reporting.

In 1970, the first Christmas Tree Shops opened in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. New Jersey-based Bed Bath & Beyond acquired the chain in 2003 and opened stores in the Garden State three years later. Bed Bath & Beyond, which declared bankruptcy in April, sold Christmas Tree Shops in November 2020 to Handil Holdings.