Discovering Nordic-style thrills on the longest ice skating trail in the country at Lake Morey Resort in Vermont.
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Empty promises left residents in this part of Vermont with what they’ve always relied on: themselves.
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Night Sky | Mary’s Farm
At times, starlight can illuminate what is truly important.
Every Christmas, families across NH are magically transported to the North Pole by train. Learn more about the Polar Express experience in this 1998 Yankee Classic.
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A Blue-and-White Christmas
What if your faith doesn’t include Christmas as a celebration? Naomi Shulman ponders a blue-and-white Christmas in this touching essay.
A walk and talk with Steve Moffatt, Christmas tree grower.
In his new book, Vanishing Vermonters, writer and photographer Peter Miller both honors Vermont and captures a side of his home state he fears we may be losing.
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5 Classic Yankee Christmas Stories
New England is a special place to be during the Christmas season. Here are 5 favorite Christmas classics from the Yankee archives.
Being the town Santa is not all ho-ho-ho and Merry Christmas. A report from the Yankee archives explains the other side of the beard.
In the little Maine town of Rangeley, halfway to the North Pole, what started out as a tourist attraction has turned into a celebration of generosity. The story of Rangeley’s Giving Tree from Suki Casanave.
I was 7, and I was a Sugarplum Fairy. Standing backstage in my sequined blue tutu, I was awestruck — not by the spotlights, but by the hundreds of tiny colored bulbs on the enormous Christmas tree at the center of the stage. A teacher whispered frantically behind me: I was missing my cue. I […]
A nostalgic remembrance of New England Christmases past from the Yankee archives by editor-in-chief Judson D. Hale.