Hello! I hope you've had a wonderful Thanksgiving full of good food, your favorite people, and new memories. As the day ends and the Black Friday/Cyber Monday retail frenzy begins, I wanted to take a moment to encourage you to shop small this year.

For the first time since I started my website back in 2012, I won't be writing a new post filled with Amazon Prime links for Christmas gifts on Black Friday. I won't be recommending things from big box stores or giant corporations. (There are a few exceptions where those purchases do support small business owners and authors, and I'll discuss that in the article.)

After this crazy year, it's just too important to help our small businesses stay afloat to recommend those other items.

Here's a guide to supporting small businesses, your favorite websites, authors, artisans, and local folks this year when you do your Christmas shopping.

LINK: https://www.theorganicprepper.com/small-business-christmas/

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Daisy and family

PS: You can also find some great deals from folks in the preparedness community in this article.