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“Troll the Ancient Yuletide Carol” | Lexicon

Every year at this time, as the last note of “Deck the Halls” fades into the general hubub of Christmas party conversation, the question hangs in the air, unasked: What exactly does the phrase “troll the ancient Yuletide carol” mean? Wonder no more. This troll is not a monster found beneath bridges or a method […]

New Hampshire

Wilton’s Barn

As you’re entering the classic little town of Wilton you drive past this barn. It’s a well known landmark for the area!

History

Thomas Jefferson’s Mammoth Cheese

On the first day of 1802, the residents of Cheshire, Massachusetts, presented Thomas Jefferson with perhaps the oddest gift ever offered to a U.S. president — a stupendous cheese weighing 1,235 pounds. A local paper reported how the event came about. “The old dairy town, in a triumphant mass meeting, resolved to put its curds […]

New Hampshire

Wilton’s Barn

As you’re entering the classic little town of Wilton you drive past this barn. It’s a well known landmark for the area!

New Hampshire

Presidentials from Cherry Pond

Mt Madison, Adams, Jefferson and Washington with November snow seen from the Presidential Trail at the Cherry Pond Wild Life Reserve in Whitefield NH

Connecticut

Race Point Sunset

The Race Point lighthouse is set ablaze by the setting sun. Cape Cod National Seashore, Provincetown Massachusetts.

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