Support Your Favorite Small Business with a Patch Shout-Out

You could be the type of person who finds sleeping in a tent on a freezing sidewalk for the best Black Friday deals exciting. Or perhaps you've already started working out your mouse-clicking finger for Cyber Monday.

But if neither scenario appeals to you, there is an alternative — Small Business Saturday.

Small Business Saturday, conceived by American Express to help spotlight the efforts of local small businesses, comes at the beginning of the big holiday shopping sprint — this Saturday — and encourages shoppers not to bypass Lafayette Road, High Street and Ocean Boulevard for large shopping malls and big box stores.

Hampton-North Hampton Patch would love to hear which small businesses you can't live without in Hampton and North Hampton. Tell us in the comments which independently-owned business is a must for shoppers this Saturday and why.

Your shout-out could help a sector of our economy that has created 65 percent of the net new jobs over the last 17 years.

So, when you want to get the most out of your shopping experience — whether it be through service or sale prices — where in the area do you turn? Who deserves to be heralded as a great local small business and a "go to" place this Saturday?

Tell us the comments!