We’re sort of wondering what happened to “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” because apparently Costco has skipped right to playing “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer.”

Reader Tim says that the picture he sent was taken on September 27, and “shows a TV in the DVD section playing Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, trying to sell a boxed set of Christmas specials.”

Tim says:

For goodness sakes, we’re not past Thanksgiving yet! I love Christmas specials, but they’re best saved for December.

We aren’t even past Halloween yet.

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