Yes, it’s the second half of the year — which can only mean one thing: as the sweltering waves of sticky heat give way to hurricanes and the little tykes sharpen their pencils for the first day of school — Santa is on his way. Get out your @#$%#$ mistletoe and holly and all that.

Joe says:

Over the weekend I was shopping at the Costco in Auburn Hills, Michigan and saw that they had the Xmas decorations out. I just had to pull out my phone and snag a photo of it. It’s 124 days till Xmas for crying out loud!

This sucks, the Halloween Egg Nog isn’t even out yet!

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