Merry Kohl’smas! Reader Chris sent along this photo that his friend took last week in the department store of perpetual markdowns. America’s children have barely scuffed their new back-to-school shoes and most people haven’t even thought about what they want to be for Halloween, but you can buy a full complement of Christmas decorations at Kohl’s.

Mostly, we’re disappointed when retailers don’t take advantage of having stuff from so many holidays around at once and just go ahead and have a Nightmare Before Christmas. Maybe we should take a trip over to Hobby Lobby: they’ve surely got some strange holiday mashups going on.

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