Top Ten Reasons to shop local for the holidays
10. Your only threat of being trampled is by the store owner's hound dog who may be a bit over-exuberant in greeting you.
9. Mrs. Baldwin might share her family secret recipe for that fruit cake of hers you've loved since you were a kid.
8. Mr. Baldwin might share his family secret recipe for homemade rum that goes in that fruit cake.
7. Catch up on all the news going on around town.
6. Discover that you are actually living an exciting life that's more fun-filled than Bond, James Bond's life, at least according to your neighbors and friends.
5. Don't know what to get for that person who has everything? Bet that shop around the corner has something that hard-to-shop-for person doesn't have and the national chains have never heard of it.
4. Which would you rather hear when you stop to grab a bite to eat: "You want fries with that?" or "Hey, honey, how have you been? I've heard you've been leading an exciting life lately. How are your kids?"
3. Find fresh preserves, jams, and relishes packed in real Mason Jars and send them off to your kids in the military or college. They'll think you slaved for hours in the kitchen making the special taste of home because you love them so much.
2. Sardines blindly follow each other and get packed tightly in a can. Striped bass blaze their own trail and never get packed in a can. Which do you want to be, a sardine or a striped bass?
And the number one reason to shop at your locally owned and operated businesses this holiday season:
1. Give a gift to your community. For every $100 you spend at a locally owned and operated business, $68 remains in your community to support your friends and neighbors, sponsor a field trip for your local school club, provide after-school or summer activities through your local civic organizations, or upgrade a playground at your community park. The same $100 spent at a national chain leaves $13 in your community to achieve the same things.
Posted by Five Drunk Rednecks
9. Mrs. Baldwin might share her family secret recipe for that fruit cake of hers you've loved since you were a kid.
8. Mr. Baldwin might share his family secret recipe for homemade rum that goes in that fruit cake.
7. Catch up on all the news going on around town.
6. Discover that you are actually living an exciting life that's more fun-filled than Bond, James Bond's life, at least according to your neighbors and friends.
5. Don't know what to get for that person who has everything? Bet that shop around the corner has something that hard-to-shop-for person doesn't have and the national chains have never heard of it.
4. Which would you rather hear when you stop to grab a bite to eat: "You want fries with that?" or "Hey, honey, how have you been? I've heard you've been leading an exciting life lately. How are your kids?"
3. Find fresh preserves, jams, and relishes packed in real Mason Jars and send them off to your kids in the military or college. They'll think you slaved for hours in the kitchen making the special taste of home because you love them so much.
2. Sardines blindly follow each other and get packed tightly in a can. Striped bass blaze their own trail and never get packed in a can. Which do you want to be, a sardine or a striped bass?
And the number one reason to shop at your locally owned and operated businesses this holiday season:
1. Give a gift to your community. For every $100 you spend at a locally owned and operated business, $68 remains in your community to support your friends and neighbors, sponsor a field trip for your local school club, provide after-school or summer activities through your local civic organizations, or upgrade a playground at your community park. The same $100 spent at a national chain leaves $13 in your community to achieve the same things.
Posted by Five Drunk Rednecks
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