Home Depot shoppers are freaked out by a $200 Jack Frost animatronic that's 6 feet tall and has glowing eyes
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- Home Depot is selling a $200 Jack Frost animatronic for the winter season.
- The 6-foot-tall decoration has light-up eyes, a moving torso, and a chilling laugh.
- Shoppers are torn between loving the creepy doll and being scared of it.
Spooky season might extend into winter this year.
As Home Depot stores have started filling shelves with Christmas decor in recent days, shoppers across the US have taken to TikTok with videos of a Jack Frost animatronic that's more scary than jolly.
The $200 decoration measures 6 feet tall, according to Home Depot's website, and has LED light-up eyes, a moving torso, and "ghoulish" blue skin.
The decoration is meant to add "an unexpectedly creepy look to your holiday display" and "a touch of fright to your holiday merry-making," the website description continues.
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Danielle Adams, a TikToker with nearly 75,000 followers, shared a video of the decoration on Wednesday that's now been viewed more than 940,000 times.
"Home Depot is trying to ruin Christmas," she says before showing herself looking horrified as the decoration speaks. "Why!"
While many have agreed and said they find the decoration creepy, others love the idea of spooky decor for winter holidays.
"Nah I dig this. Christmas horror is great," one person wrote.
"This is payback for putting out trees and ornaments in freakin August," another person commented.
"As a Halloween girly I love this," one TikToker wrote. "He will go with my 12 ft. skelly that stays up for Christmas with a Santa hat."
As of Monday, a search for "home depot jack frost animatronic" on TikTok resulted in videos with a collective total of 19.5 million views.
Some of those include people who have bought the Jack Frost animatronic and displayed it in their homes.
The decoration is intended for indoor use, according to Home Depot's website.
Home Depot is known for offering unique and massive holiday decorations — most notably its 12-foot skeleton that's been a staple of the retailer's expansive Halloween section since 2020.
Only time will tell if this Jack Frost piece becomes as iconic as the latter, but there's no question that shoppers already can't look away from the chilling decoration.
Representatives for Home Depot did not respond to a request for comment.