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Speaker 1: Not much in the way of holiday decorations around the

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Speaker 1: Seaport district yet and still three weeks before Black Friday.

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Speaker 1: But in the Snowport marketplace, owner at Sock Puppet City,

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Speaker 1: Marty Allen, says, people are in the mood for holiday shop.

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Speaker 2: The folks who put it together do a really good

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Speaker 2: job of creating that festive feel, you know. So I

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Speaker 2: think people come here and they're in a good mood

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Speaker 2: and they're ready to buy stuff, which is great for

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Speaker 2: us as small businesses.

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Speaker 1: This event, now in its fifth year, has been very good,

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Speaker 1: indeed for local entrepreneurs. A few doors down as Equals Me,

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Speaker 1: a handmade candle store, and founder ron A Kenji, says

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Speaker 1: this event has changed her life.

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Speaker 3: Allowed me to quit my full time job and pursue

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Speaker 3: this full time. It would have been hard for me

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Speaker 3: to do it without it, so I'm so thankful for it.

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Speaker 1: Ken Jess is among a dozen businesses to receive a

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Speaker 1: Snowport Holiday Market Scholarship, which provides not only the booths,

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Speaker 1: but also advanced marketing help from sponsored constant contacts from

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