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Now that Black Friday has kicked off the year's holiday shopping, it's clear that much of it will be online. As with so many other things, the pandemic has even forced Santa Claus to go virtual.
Still, many brick-and-mortar retailers are busy. For some gifts and for some gift-givers, there's no substitute for real-world shopping. And at least the crowds are easier to navigate this year.
Sponsored by: OTELCO
Now that Black Friday has kicked off the year's holiday shopping, it's clear that much of it will be online. As with so many other things, the pandemic has even forced Santa Claus to go virtual.
Still, many brick-and-mortar retailers are busy. For some gifts and for some gift-givers, there's no substitute for real-world shopping. And at least the crowds are easier to navigate this year.
The local businesses really need our business, so I'm going to try to do as much shopping locally as I can. I'm going to try to make short trips by knowing exactly what I want before I leave the house and doing less random browsing.
Many locally owned stores are doing a good job of enforcing mask-wearing and limiting customers. I want to give those shops some business and they often lack online shopping pages. But as COVID cases grow, it's hard to do even that.
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Back Friday makes me not want to shop.