CONWAY — It’s that time of year to again to wear your shopper orange, along with ugly holiday sweaters and costumes, as people flock to Settlers Green in the hunt for not deer but early holiday season bargains. November is still stick season, that bare trees time of the year — but partly due to Bring a Friend, it’s no longer slow season in the Mount Washington Valley.
Settlers Green’s signature shopping celebration, Bring A Friend has become one of New England’s most anticipated shopping events.
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