an expensive booklet, with free DVDs?

So I’m in Costco the other day, and they’ve got the Peanuts Holiday Collection, the boxed set of three of the current-edition DVDs (It’s the Great Pumpkin, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, and A Charlie Brown Christmas), and I notice it’s got a sticker on it. Not the price sticker (although the price is okay, a buck or so less than the current Amazon price). It’s a sticker I’ve not seen on this set before, either last year or at other locations this year. A sticker promising a free 48-page comic book inside. I’ve asked around a bit on this, and it turns out this is a little comic strip collection, featuring strips about the holidays. Appears to be a Costco exclusive (and no, not orderable online; Costco’s online presence is specifically focused on things not in the stores.)

I haven’t fallen for it yet, haven’t bought the set just to get the booklet. But I probably shall soon…

(No sign of I Want a Dog For Christmas at Costco, despite doing this big push on the box set.)

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