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Sick Of Corporate Commercialism? Go "Renegade" This Holiday

YOU REMEMBER THOSE HOKEY CHRISTMAS BAZAARS YOU ATTENDED AS A KID?

All that bric-a-brac made by the church ladies, those homemade baked goodies, the kitschy Christmas ornaments. God, I miss them.

But I found another way to get my fix for handcrafted gifts while supporting the arts: The Renegade Holiday Craft Fair in Chicago.

This year's event happens next Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 5th & 6th, at the Pulaski Park Fieldhouse in Wicker Park and comes one week after a similar "hippy-hipster wet dream."

Stop by and check out the creations of more than 150 artisans. Admission is free. And if you spend your hardearned dollars, you'll feel good about them going to real artisans rather than the inevitable Chinese factory workers making pennies from the profits!

Go Renegade!