EXHIBIT 32.1

                           CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

     In connection with the Annual Report of Kirkland's, Inc. (the "Company") on
Form 10-K for the year ending January 28, 2006 as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Robert E. Alderson,
Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
that:

          (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a)
     or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

          (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
     material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
     Company.

                                                /s/ ROBERT E. ALDERSON
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                                                    Robert E. Alderson
                                                 Chief Executive Officer

April 11, 2006