Pokémon Officially Confirms a Brand-New Magical Holiday Collection for 2026

Published Oct 18, 2026, 7:46 AM EDT

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Mew makes a convincing alternative to a traditional Christmas angel. The Mythical Pokémon already floats, looks delighted to be included, and takes up considerably less space than putting a Charizard above the living room. There’s also something appropriate about giving one of the franchise’s most elusive creatures the best vantage point in the house.

Pokémon’s appeal has always extended well beyond the games, especially when collectors get to bring their favorites into everyday life, and anyone who has been to an event where a pop-up Pokémon Center is knows how much appeal there is. Holiday decorations offer another opportunity to do exactly that, with familiar characters replacing some of the usual snowmen and reindeer. Anyone who has already dedicated a shelf to Pokémon can probably find a few free branches, too.

Pokémon Center has officially launched its 2026 holiday collection, Winter Night Sky, featuring Mew, Pikachu, Piplup, Amaura, and more. Announced earlier this week, the range includes festive clothing and home decorations, with plush and plush keychains also part of the seasonal lineup. The collection has begun rolling out in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, with the United Kingdom and Germany coming soon and select products still to follow.

Collider Exclusive · 8 Questions · 2 Minutes Which Pop Anthem Describes Your Life? Journey · Survivor · ABBA · Springsteen

Eight honest questions about how you actually are: what you put on alone in the car, how you start a bad day, what a good win feels like, what you daydream about. Answer them and we will tell you which song has been describing your life this whole time. Four of the biggest anthems ever recorded are in play, and each one is about a completely different way of getting through it.

🎤Don't Stop Believin'(Journey)

🥊Eye of the Tiger(Survivor)

🪩Dancing Queen(ABBA)

🛣️Born to Run(Springsteen)

FIND YOUR ANTHEM →

01

What do you put on in the car when you are alone? Nobody is watching, so be honest.

ASomething I have loved since I was fifteen. BSomething with a beat that gets me going. CWhatever makes me sing badly and loudly. DSomething that makes me want to keep driving.

NEXT QUESTION →

02

How do you start a difficult day? Everybody has one move, and they use it every time.

AHead down, one thing at a time. BI wind myself up on purpose. CI find a way to make it fun. DI imagine being somewhere else entirely.

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03

What does a good win actually feel like? The feeling matters more than the trophy.

AQuiet relief, after a very long time. BProving somebody completely wrong. CEverybody celebrating in one room. DFinally being free to go.

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04

Where are you at a wedding? Your friends could answer this one for you.

AIn a corner, in one long conversation. BSomehow making the speeches competitive. CFirst onto the dance floor, last off it. DOutside, with everybody who snuck out.

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05

What do you do after something knocks you back? Every anthem on this list is really about this moment.

AKeep going, quieter than before. BTrain, plan, and come back for it. CGo out and shake it off with friends. DStart seriously thinking about leaving.

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06

What do you actually daydream about? Pick the one you go back to most often.

AThe thing I have wanted for years finally landing. BThe exact moment I pull it off. COne genuinely perfect night out. DA different city and a fresh start.

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07

What is your favourite photo of yourself? Think of the one you would actually frame.

AAn ordinary day that turned out to matter. BRight after finishing something hard. CMid-laugh, with everybody I love in shot. DSomewhere far from home, on my own.

NEXT QUESTION →

08

What should the song over your closing credits do? Eight questions in, this is the one that picks your anthem.

AMake it feel like the long haul was worth it. BMake it clear I earned every bit of it. CGet the whole cinema up and dancing. DMake it feel like something is only starting.

REVEAL MY ANTHEM →

Cue The Track Your Anthem Is…

Four songs, four completely different theories about how a life is supposed to go. Here is the one that has been playing under yours, what it says about you, and where you have heard it doing the same job on screen.

Don't Stop Believin'

Your life sounds like the most stubbornly hopeful song ever written. It is about ordinary people on an ordinary night who have not given up on the thing they are quietly working towards, which is a description of most people and almost nobody admits it.

• You are playing a long game, and you would rather get there slowly than make a scene about it.
• The song famously cut to black on the last scene of The Sopranos, which is the single most argued about needle drop in television history.
• Glee then made it a phenomenon all over again, and a 1981 album track became one of the most streamed songs of the last century.
• The reason it works on you is the same reason it works on everybody, which is that it never once promises the thing will actually happen.

Eye of the Tiger

Your life sounds like a training montage, and you are completely fine with that. This is the song for people who need a bit of friction to function, and who get noticeably better the moment somebody suggests they cannot do it.

• You are driven by the comeback rather than the win, which is why the second attempt at anything is always your best one.
• Sylvester Stallone commissioned it for Rocky III after he could not get the rights to another track, and it went on to define the whole genre.
• That guitar intro has been doing the work of an entire pep talk for more than forty years.
• The risk in this one is real, since a person who needs an opponent will eventually go looking for one.

Dancing Queen

Your life sounds like the happiest song ever recorded, and the clever thing about it is that it is quietly a bit sad underneath. You are the person who makes an evening happen, and the room is measurably worse when you are not in it.

• You treat joy as something you build rather than something you wait for, which is a genuine skill and an exhausting one.
• Mamma Mia turned ABBA into a second career for a whole new audience, and this is the song everybody waits for.
• There is a melancholy buried in it about a night that will not last, and that is precisely why it lands harder every year.
• Your friends would describe you as the reason they still go out, which is a bigger compliment than it sounds.

Born to Run

Your life sounds like a song about getting out. Springsteen wrote the definitive account of being young somewhere small and knowing, absolutely, that the real thing is happening somewhere else.

• You are restless in a way that is not unhappiness, and you have never fully unpacked anywhere.
• This is the most cinematic song on the list, which is why it has soundtracked roughly every film about leaving a town behind.
• The record nearly did not happen at all, since Springsteen spent six months on the title track alone and almost scrapped it.
• What saves it from being simple escapism is that he is not running alone, and neither, if you are honest, are you.

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Pokémon Center’s Holiday Collection Puts Mew Among the Stars

Image via The Pokémon Company

The collection’s nighttime theme gives the decorations a look beyond the familiar red-and-green Christmas palette. Aurora-inspired skies appear across pieces featuring Pokémon enjoying the winter setting, with Mew taking a prominent role. An iridescent Mew tree topper is among the standouts, giving the little Psychic-type a position above the rest of the display. The character selection also reaches beyond the franchise’s mascot. Espeon appears on seasonal clothing and an ornament, while Amaura and Piplup fit naturally into the wintry designs. A four-pin presentation set brings together Amaura, Pikachu, Mew, and Piplup against northern-lights-inspired backgrounds, offering a smaller collectible for fans without space for another figure.

For shoppers starting with the tree, the range includes individual character ornaments alongside globe-style decorations. The Mew tree topper is listed at $39.99, while the Winter Night Sky four-pin set costs $49.99. A Piplup Winter Night Sky ornament is $16.99, providing a less expensive way to add a favorite Pokémon to the holiday setup. The wider release includes stockings and table runners, plus gift-wrapping supplies for anyone determined to make the packaging match what’s inside. New additions to the collectible Holiday Pokémon Village are also joining the seasonal selection. Clothing options include knit sweaters and pajamas, giving Trainers with their favorite Pokémon something cozy to snuggle into for the season.

Pokémon Center has also teased exclusive bundles and another gift-with-purchase offer for Black Friday weekend, with further details to come. Stay tuned with Collider for Pokémon updates.