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Support Your Local Shops on Plaid Friday and Small Business Saturday

Christmas, Holidays, Local Businesses, Seasonal Fun / By Gianna Kordatzky

Shop small on Thanksgiving weekend by embracing the “Plaid Friday” or “Small Business Saturday” movements. Saturday is also “Indies First Day” at local bookstores. Instead of the hustle of corporate Holiday shopping, these events offer a slower pace and a kind of “old-fashioned, small town” shopping feel that just seems more conducive to family time.

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New Year’s Eve Twin Cities Family Events 2026

Featured, Holidays, New Year's, Seasonal Fun / By Anne Kingston

Best wishes in the New Year from Family Fun Twin Cities. Let’s celebrate an unforgettable year as we head into 2027. Here’s what’s going on in the Twin Cities area for New Years Eve 2026. None of these events go to midnight, so parents can still have some grown up fun or get to bed

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Boy walking outside in the late fall. "Instead of BLACK FRIDAY #optoutside Buy Nothing Day Green Friday."

Black Friday Alternatives – Plenty to Do in the Twin Cities

Featured, Free & Budget, Holidays, Seasonal Fun / By Joy Peters

Buy Nothing Day was created as a way to protest the consumerism of Black Friday. This movement has been joined by the #optoutside movement, which was created by REI, who chooses to close on Black Friday so its customers can go outside instead of shopping. Others have renamed the day Green Friday to encourage socially

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