Philly Specials Plush Dolls Hit Retailers Across Philly Region

PHILADELPHIA — The Philly Specials are looking to make their new plush dolls more available for fans this holiday season.

The dolls were announced back in early November and sales support Operation Snowball, which aims to provide gifts to children across Philadelphia.

The Specials — consisting of Jason Kelce, Jordan Mailata, and Lane Johnson — are teaming up with local retailers Acme, DICK’S Sporting Goods, and Urban Outfitters to make more sets of The Holiday Huddle collectible plushies readily available to fans this holiday season.

After selling out via The Philly Specials' official website in early November, the trio are delighted to expand their relationships with the above retailers.

Additional plushies will be available at the DICK'S House of Sport Brandywine store in Wilmington, Delaware, and the store will also be hosting members of The Philly Specials Friday for a meet and greet, as well as photo opportunities.

The Holiday Huddle Collector Set is now available at select Acme locations throughout Greater Philadelphia, and at Urban Outfitters locations including Center City, King of Prussia, Ardmore, Cherry Hill, and State College. Use The Philly Specials’ custom store locator to find the dolls at a location near you.

Featured in The Philly Specials’ new video for “White Christmas,” the plushies are sized between 8.5 and 9.25 inches. The set is available for $59.99.

"After the initial release of The Holiday Huddle sold out in three days, we knew that we wanted to do everything we could to make more available," The Philly Special’s executive producer, Connor Barwin said. "We are thrilled to partner with these select Philly retailers to continue to bring joy and cheer this holiday season with something that celebrates the friendship at the core of this project."

Operation Snowball, launched in 2024 as an ambitious city-wide initiative delivering holiday gifts to every student in the Philadelphia public and charter school system (more than 200,000 children and teachers were recipients). On Dec. 17, 2024, Kelce, Johnson, and Mailata visited three schools to give high-fives, lead singalongs, and hand-deliver gifts to students including the Junior ROTC and Honor Roll students at Ben Franklin High School.

The event kicked off at Eliza B. Kirkbride School, continued on to Ben Franklin HS, and ended at Alliance for Progress Charter School with an unforgettable day filled with fun and the joy of the holiday season.

"A Philly Special Christmas," "A Philly Special Christmas Special," and "A Philly Special Christmas Party" raised $10 million for local charities including Children’s Crisis Treatment Center, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and fulfilled the wish lists of Philadelphia School District teachers via Donors Choose.

The albums reached top ten spots on various Billboard Music Charts including debuting at No. 1 on their Independent Charts, Compilations Charts, and No. 2 on the Holiday Charts, singles "Maybe This Christmas" and "Santa Drives an Astrovan" reached No. 1 on the iTunes Holiday Charts, the albums featured performances from Stevie Nicks, Jon Bon Jovi, Patti LaBelle, Boyz II Men, Mt. Joy, Travis Kelce, Kylie Kelce, members of The Hooters, members of The War on Drugs (including album producer Charlie Hall), members of Dr. Dog, Marshall Allen and members of the Sun Ra Arkestra, Lady Alma and more.

Singles "This Christmas," "All I Want for Christmas is You," "Fairytale of Philadelphia," and "Pretty Paper," have garnered more than 10 million streams across platforms. "Fairytale of Philadelphia" reached No. 1 on iTunes, 50,000 copies have been sold on vinyl and the stop-motion special created by unPOP Animation, "A Philly Special Christmas Special," has been viewed more than 780,000 times.