The Big E kicks off the busiest season of the year for us with the Big E, Fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas/Holiday all happening within a three and a half month time frame. It’s a non-stop, crazy busy, but totally fun time, for us!

And we couldn’t do it without our great staff! Debbie Kogut, our Production Manager, who you’ve heard about before, has worked with me at Flag Fables since 1990. No matter how many pallets of new products show up, Debbie always finds a way to get everything organized – even when we have two weeks to set up what amounts to another complete store for the seventeen days of The Big E.

Here’s Debbie behind the counter at our outside booth at The Big E making sure we have enough stock for the next day. (And that blur in the background is me – which is a perfect way to describe this three week time period for us!)

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Debbie Kogut, Flag Fables Production Manager

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My family also becomes part of the fun both for the Big E and the Fall/Holiday season! My husband, Jeff, provides general all around support, our two daughters who live too far away to be physically present are great “cheerleaders,” and our daughter, Paige, who lives nearby, practically grew up in the store, so jumping right in is second nature for her. Here’s our inside booth, which she helped to design, and that’s her in black behind the counter. (And, yes, she will kill me for posting a picture of her here!! But it’s just a tiny picture, Paige!)
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Flag Fables Inside Booth at The Big E

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So, if you live within driving distance of The Big E, it’s a huge, fun, always-something-going-on event that’s great for families. In addition to shopping (!), there are great rides for little ones…

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Dragon Ride at The Big E

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…and parades every day…

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Big E Mardi Gras Parade Floats

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…and the weather forecast for the rest of the event is great!

Finally, don’t forget about the Flag Fables Outdoor Design Contest! Send me digital photographs of your best outdoor settings and you could win a $250 Flag Fables Gift Certificate.

Happy Fall!

Wendy

*Our outside booth is located on Springfield Road, between the Big Slide and Gate 9A, outside Entrance 6 of the Better Living Center. (Here’s a map of the Big E grounds.)

And for the third year in a row, we will also be in the Better Living Center itself but in a different spot with a bigger and better booth along the wall between Entrances 4 & 5.

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