Most people like to support local businesses, local handmade items, local produce, and local everything!..Thanks to Agriculture we can....And when you support your local businesses, state items that are created, grown, produced near you and in your state you help your local farmers, producers, and economy....which hopefully will create more jobs for companies/businesses....
Here in Oklahoma we have the MIO program and that makes the public aware of the items/grocery items and businesses here in the state that you can purchase from and enjoy that are created locally here in Oklahoma.....Sometimes there are signs in the grocery stores here in the state that will let you know which items are produced/created here...and that helps the small time businesses and farmers, corporations.....I like to always try to support the items made here...I think the MIO program is great, but it does need a bit more work on it...usually they have all the state business items on the list, but I see many that they have forgotten or excluded....put all of them on there MIO!....haha! MIO--stands for Made in Oklahoma...and they have a website online....but needs more work and is slightly confusing at times!.....
Being that it is Christmas and the holidays, I think of all the local state businesses and items that you can gift this season and I have done that...Everyone should support their local state producers, and I know you cannot find everything you need shopping all made in your state, but support those you can find....helps the economy and producers....
helping your local state tourism is also a good way to support the economy and take part in helping to make your state a good place to relocate, create growth of the towns, and to bring into the state many more businesses, occupations and work for people and that is what we need here!...and also so people would like to take a getaway vacation here and enjoy the scenery and the nice people who are here....every state has mean people and I know that....
for gift baskets it is a fun idea to send your friends/family that live out of the state local tourism items I think that's cute! they have:
key chains, magnets, clothing, mugs, throws, tumblers/glass ware, candies, pillows, jewelry, plush animals, OSU/OU/THUNDER gear, pre-packaged local foods, and the local native American tribes also sometimes have items they have handcrafted that are sooooo beautiful and unique....just many things available to gift all the year through.....and this helps the economy when you purchase these items here....I like all the items they have...
Mistletoe is an old fashioned tradition and you place the mistletoe hanging above a door entryway and when you and your beau, stand underneath the mistletoe you can kiss at the holidays...haha....but it is a tradition that is old fashioned and it grows in the tree tops here in Oklahoma..i just don't know how they can get that out of the tree tops....and so many people can....
j.
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