# Where do Imperial Stormtroopers do their Christmas shopping? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [December 22, 2025, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-imperial-stormtroopers-do-their-christmas-shopping/1025945 "2025-12-22T12:17:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-imperial-stormtroopers-do-their-christmas-shopping/1025945/1 "2025-12-22T12:17:16Z")
They usually hit whatever store is next to the Target. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-imperial-stormtroopers-do-their-christmas-shopping/1025945/2 "2025-12-22T12:42:21Z")
Stormtroopers don’t celebrate Christmas. They celebrate Life Day – maybe. Or maybe Grand Moff Tarkin’s birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-imperial-stormtroopers-do-their-christmas-shopping/1025945/3 "2025-12-22T13:06:40Z")
Whatever items the shop assistant shows them they reject. Because these are not the gifts they are looking for. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-imperial-stormtroopers-do-their-christmas-shopping/1025945/4 "2025-12-22T13:08:35Z")
What do the reindeer wives do to pass the time while their husbands are pulling Santa around the world on Christmas Eve night? They go into town and blow a few bucks. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-imperial-stormtroopers-do-their-christmas-shopping/1025945/5 "2025-12-22T13:29:04Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > They usually hit whatever store is next to the Target. True, but they almost always have enough money with them. They’re rarely a little short. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-imperial-stormtroopers-do-their-christmas-shopping/1025945/6 "2025-12-22T13:46:00Z")
They usually go to Alderaan places. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-imperial-stormtroopers-do-their-christmas-shopping/1025945/7 "2025-12-22T13:55:55Z")
Of course shopping is hungry business. So later it’ll be time to stop at Pizza the Hutt. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-imperial-stormtroopers-do-their-christmas-shopping/1025945/8 "2025-12-22T18:36:58Z")
Stormtroopers are content to spend their Christmas sipping blue hot chocolate gathered around a Luke warm tauntaun. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-imperial-stormtroopers-do-their-christmas-shopping/1025945/9 "2025-12-22T18:58:29Z")
> [@solost](#): > > What do the reindeer wives do to pass the time while their husbands are pulling Santa around the world on Christmas Eve night? > > They go into town and blow a few bucks. Some of them pull a Christmas Train. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-imperial-stormtroopers-do-their-christmas-shopping/1025945/10 "2025-12-22T20:01:57Z")
At the Darth Mall, of course. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-imperial-stormtroopers-do-their-christmas-shopping/1025945/11 "2025-12-22T20:24:19Z")
@Smapti wins. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-imperial-stormtroopers-do-their-christmas-shopping/1025945/12 "2025-12-22T20:37:56Z")
Most Stormtroopers shop for their new family members at buybuyBaby, and go to Lane Bryant to get gifts for their womenfolk. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-imperial-stormtroopers-do-their-christmas-shopping/1025945/13 "2025-12-22T20:39:06Z")
At the Imperial Emporium. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-imperial-stormtroopers-do-their-christmas-shopping/1025945/14 "2025-12-23T04:00:57Z")
These days, the troops just make a New Order online. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-imperial-stormtroopers-do-their-christmas-shopping/1025945/15 "2025-12-23T04:48:35Z")
Nordstorm, of course. But sometimes, maybe? Bad, Wrath and Beyond Death Starbucks Marshalls MaySeize Hoth Ski Lobby Under Armor ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-imperial-stormtroopers-do-their-christmas-shopping/1025945/16 "2025-12-23T06:15:01Z")
Whatever they get, Vader ruins it by telling them, “I know what you are getting. I felt your presents.” ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-imperial-stormtroopers-do-their-christmas-shopping/1025945/17 "2025-12-23T17:36:56Z")
Whenever Darth Vader see some Stormtrooper not celebrating he says “I find your lack of faith to be disturbing” ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-imperial-stormtroopers-do-their-christmas-shopping/1025945/18 "2025-12-23T18:19:30Z")
But when they say they’re sorry, he says “Apology accepted.”