*Traditionally* the day after Thanksgiving is one of the biggest shopping days of the year- with thousands of people flocking to big box stores to get Black Friday deals on everything from socks to big screen TVs.

 

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This unofficial holiday has been met with another day of shopping – focusing on local businesses though – with shoppers encouraged to support locally owned and operated  businesses in their communities the following day – Small Business Saturday 

 

 

Annapolis is a community made up of 100+ boutiques, shops, bars, restaurants, galleries and more – that all need our support this holiday season – and just so happened to be the backdrop for the Small Business Saturday feature on NBC’s The Today Show … with a special nod to The Boatyard’s crab cakes -that had us wanting one for Breakfast … no judgment

 

 

 

So if you can – please shop local this holiday season – many Annapolis businesses have extended their hours, plus Downtown Annapolis Partnership still has three (scaled back) Midnight Madness events planned –  with businesses staying open til midnight the first three Thursdays in December.  If you aren’t comfortable coming downtown to shop in person – DAP has an extensive list of links to our local businesses that offer online shopping as well - SHOP HERE 

 

 

 

So remember this holiday season – Shop Small, Shop Local, Shop Annapolis