BY ANN CHRISTENSON AND TESSA ALMOND

The weekend after Thanksgiving marks the peak of holiday shopping season, and that Saturday, you get a chance to support your favorite local small businesses. Here are just a few of the neighborhoods and towns hosting events and promotions for Small Business Saturday.

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This one is gonna be big. Over 20 businesses in the downtown area are in on it, offering holiday shopping, snacks and drinks, and raffle items, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.

This year’s theme is the “Ghosts of Past, Present, Future,” with each business offering their own take. For instance, Bakehouse 23 (1309 Milwaukee Ave.) is time traveling back to the 1990s, inspired by a business that used to occupy its space.

“When I used to come to this b

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