SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):       November 29, 2004

KIRKLAND’S, INC.

805 North Parkway
Jackson, Tennessee 38305
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(731) 668-2444
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors, Appointment of Principal Officers

At a meeting of the Board of Directors of Kirkland’s, Inc (the “Company”) held on November 29, 2004, Ralph T. Parks and Steven J. Collins were elected to the board of directors of the Company, and Mr. Parks was elected to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.

Item 7.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company held on November 29, 2004, Robert E. Alderson, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, was elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors, replacing Carl Kirkland, who was elected as Chairman Emeritus and remains as a director.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.