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Dispatches from the Highlands
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Christember in CannaTown
THE HOLIDAYS ARE HERE!
‘NUGGERSH IN THE KNICKERS’ Wastey’s Department Store Lower Cannhattan 5th Avenue is year marks 150 years of nding the “Nuggersh in the Knickers,” an ongoing event hosted at Wastey’s in downtown Can- naTown that has brought generation a er generation out to nd the nd the hidden, and very skunky nuggersh, hidden in the pockets of a mystery pair of slacks located somewhere within the store. Navigating through literal mountains of garments, crowds descend daily to see who can dis- cover the nuggersh--which goes home with the person who nds it. “I’ve been doing this with my whole family for decades,” said Flo Mayower as she waded knee-deep through a room of khakis. “One year we almost won. We smelled it, but we couldn’t nd it.” is year may be one of the most successful ever, because “it inspires us all that any one, rich or poor, could nd the nuggersh,” says store manager Barney Stone. "Even me again."
HANDSHAKES FOR HANDBAGS Spli River Palladium Splington Falls In its rst year back since the pandemic, HandShakes for Handbags once again provides local residents with fancy holiday handbags in exchange for a handshake. As usual, almost no words were uttered during the incredibly tense 4-hour ordeal, which ended in indoor sticu s, mudslinging and a general sleu of hospitalized participants.
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