Christmas has returned to Target stores in an unexpected fashion this year, as several shoppers have spotted “Merry Christmas” signs within stores in recent days. The saying, which had been ...

The “Merry Christmas” signs are simple but elegant. For about 40 years ó from the early 1950s to the early ’90s ó they marked the arrival of the holiday season.

Christmas has returned to Target stores in an unexpected fashion this year, as several shoppers have spotted “Merry Christmas” signs within stores in recent days.