Dear Friends,

First off, special congratulations to our own Jason Wu on the birth of his twins, David and Elizabeth — the newest Small Doggers born on Thanksgiving! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving, but I don’t think you can top that. Grace left on Black Friday to help out with the twins while I started out early and went to all three of the Small Dog stores. Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday are all shopping frenzy days. So as not to leave another day of the week out, I decided we should have a Western Wednesday and next week so the Small Dog team can “cowboy up.”

We have some great bargains throughout the holidays with great savings. We just got in some Apple Certified Refurbished original iPad 64GB models. These carry the Apple 1-year warranty, are eligible for AppleCare+ and we are bundling them with not one, but two of our genuine leather Verso cases — all for only $299. That’s a 64GB iPad for only $299! (See below for the special.) We also have a great selection of 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro Apple Certified Refurbished units that are over $900 off original pricing, and we’ve included them in additional savings.

These refurbs and any of our new Macs and iPads qualify for our special throughout the holidays. If you buy a new or Apple refurbished Mac with AppleCare and an essential backup hard drive, you get the choice of a free set of Chill Pill speakers or a $25 Small Dog gift card. You also save $20 when you buy AppleCare with your Mac, plus our most popular drive brands, LaCie and G-Tech, are eligible for additional savings with coupon codes 10offlacie and 10offgtech, respectively. See our Holiday page for more details.

For those of you who are shopping locally, we have ongoing savings on any new iPad or iPad mini as well: If you buy an iPad in one of our retail stores with AppleCare+, you will receive a $10 Small Dog gift card or $10 off any Hammerhead accessory. We also have over 25 products that are $25 or less, so you’re sure to find a stocking stuffer or small gift for everyone on your list (all available on our website, too!). Stay tuned next week for our Small Dog Gift Guide.

We are also launching an exciting toy drive in all of our retail locations. We are collecting new toys to give to homeless and underprivileged children here in Vermont and New Hampshire. If you bring in a new toy to any of our stores, you will not only be bringing some holiday cheer to a needy child, but we will also give you $15 off your purchase at Small Dog that same day!

This is especially important for us, as our own Jen Mayer lived in homeless shelters as a child and knows first hand how important this holiday cheer can be. We are very proud of Jen’s initiatives to help the less fortunate. Her efforts in Asheville, NC are very impressive and included building a new park for over 200 children in the Klondyke Homes Community. Klondyke resident Harriet Tobe sums it up: “Jennifer has done some wonderful things with these children over the years; she puts everything aside to help them and has poured her heart out. I am so proud of her for helping the kids in this community stay out of the streets.”

Wishing you a happy start to the holiday season!