A festive fan has spent $10,000 on Christmas decorations which she keeps in a room dedicated to Santa Claus all year round. <br /><br />Heather Shayne, 37, has a ‘Santa room’ and spends her weekends scouring flea markets and online auction sites for baubles and decorations.<br /><br />The room in her basement is filled with more than 1,200 Santa mugs, twinkling lights, Christmas trees, and figures of Father Christmas and reindeer.<br /><br />Heather from St Louis, Missouri, said: “The ‘Santa Room’ is more than just a room, it’s an experience - when you walk in, it’s a Christmas overload.<br /><br />“I just love the Christmas spirit, with all the music and decorations.<br /><br />“I might not be Santa’s biggest fan, but I’m definitely up there among them!”<br /><br />Heather says her obsession began in 2015 when she bought a four pack of Santa mugs.<br /><br />Working her way up to buying a range of trees, garlands, ornaments, baubles and twinkling lights, the Christmas-lover eventually needed an entire room to store them all.<br /><br />And so she could keep them up all year round.<br /><br />She said: “My goal is for there to be so many decorations that you can’t see the walls.”<br /><br />The Christmas-lover calls the room her “place of peace and happiness” where she goes to enjoy year-round festivity.<br /><br />She says husband Daniel is a "clean freak" and gets annoyed with all her purchases - but she has no intention of stopping adding to her collection.<br /><br />“Daniel isn't a fan and he’s happy it’s in the basement, so we can close the door and pretend it isn’t there - but he’ll just have to deal with it," she added.<br /><br />"I just love everything about Christmas - the music, the decorations, and spending time with family and friends.<br /><br />“Everybody knows I’m obsessed.<br /><br />"I don’t think they totally understand it, but they know I have fun with it!"<br /><br />The video was filmed in 2020.
