by Timothy Rutt

After surviving Black Friday, it's time to give some support to the local small businesses in Altadena that help provide jobs and bring character to our town.

The Altadena Chamber of Commerce is promoting "Small Business Saturday," a promotion from American Express, that urges you to make some of our holiday purchases (heck, some of your everyday purchases) from local merchants.

Many of the local participants will have "Small Business Saturday" welcome mats at the door, but you don't need the mats to shop small and local today!

In that spirit, we're passing along this editorial about buying from local business by Tom Prete, a fellow local news publisher whose Ocean Beach Bulletin covers the western edge of San Francisco.