Pope Place, Corpus Christi

12/30/2025

From garage sales to glowing houses, Pope Place showed up in 2025. 💛 Thanks for the comments, the waves, and the general neighbor energy. We’ll see you in 2026.

12/23/2025

If you’re doing any last-minute planning, this is a helpful heads-up. 🎄

From department stores to grocers, many companies across the U.S. close early on Christmas Eve and shut their doors entirely on Christmas Day — while others opt to cut back hours.

12/23/2025

We have a winner! 🏆 Christmas Time Pretty Baby at 929 Wilshire took home Neighborhood Favorite this year. Huge thanks to everyone who entered, voted, and made evening walks a little brighter around Pope Place. This one was fun to watch.

12/19/2025

Where are you doing your last-minute Christmas shopping?

12/18/2025

Big thanks to Arrow Display Signs for donating the winner yard sign for our Holiday Lights Contest. 🪧 We love keeping things local, especially when it shows up right here in Pope Place.

12/17/2025

Let’s see the trees. 🎄 Real, artificial, colorful, classic, slightly lopsided… all welcome. Drop a photo in the comments and show us how you decorated this year.

12/15/2025

If you’ve got an Alexa at home and little ears nearby, this might come in handy. 🎄 Save this one for December nights.

12/15/2025

TIME TO VOTE✨Our Holiday Lights entries are live.🎄Scroll the album, take a look at each house, and tap a reaction on your favorite.

The winner will receive:

• A $200 Lowe's gift card
• A winner yard sign from Arrow Display Signs
• Bragging rights as our 2025 Pope Place Holiday
Lights Winner

Voting ends Dec 20. Winner announced Dec 22.

Entries for the first annual Pope Place Holiday Lights Contest. To vote, add a reaction to your favorite photo or video. Voting ends Dec 20.

12/13/2025

A little Corpus Christi history for the season. Peppermint Lane is back downtown, bringing some old-school holiday magic with it. 🎄✨

Downtown Corpus Christi's Peppermint Lane is back on Chaparral Street—where it first dazzled holiday shoppers in 1964 and ’65. While the original Peppermint Lane drew families in with carnival rides and Santa photos, it was the iconic storefronts like Lichtenstein’s, Woolworths and Kress that turned downtown into a true holiday shopping destination.

Today, that spirit lives on. The Cosmopolitan now stands where Lichtenstein’s once welcomed crowds, and festive décor once again lines the street from Taylor to Lomax. Just like decades ago, Peppermint Lane continues to uplift local businesses and bring our community together.

✨ Whether you remember the magic of the 1960s or you’re experiencing it for the first time, Peppermint Lane is the perfect place to kick off your holiday shopping and support a thriving downtown!

Read more from Jillian Becquet about the history of holiday shopping downtown, online now:
https://www.thebendmag.com/corpus-christi-shopping-history/

Photo provided by Corpus Christi Public Libraries, La Retama Special Collections & Archives

12/13/2025

Favorite part of the holidays. Go! 🎅 Comment in one word or emoji.

12/13/2025

The entries are officially live for the first annual Pope Place Holiday Lights Contest 🎄 To vote, add a reaction (like, love, etc.) to your favorite photo or video.

12/12/2025

Today is the last day to enter our First Annual Pope Place Holiday Lights Contest. Submit a photo or video of your home by tonight and check back tomorrow for voting.

Entry link: https://app.air.inc/d/fa0e95aee

Winner receives a $200 Lowe’s gift card, a yard sign announcing their win from Arrow Display Signs, and bragging rights as our 2025 Pope Place Holiday Lights Winner.