When the paper mill that had defined Bucksport, Maine, for eight decades shut down just before Christmas 2014, the town, like others before it, could have withered away. Instead, something else happened.
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Magazine
The Man in the Red Flannel Suit
Being the town Santa is not all ho-ho-ho and Merry Christmas! A report from the other side of the beard in this 1992 Yankee Classic from Donald Hall.
Magazine
The Tinkerer of Dickinson’s Reach
Five wheelbarrows are scattered haphazardly around a large ground-floor workshop in an eccentric, circular building in the woods just a two-minute walk from Maine’s rocky coastline. None of the wheelbarrows looks like the others, and frankly, none looks much like a wheelbarrow. They’re all handmade, four of them by a man named Bill Coperthwaite. (The […]
From tours of decked-out historic houses to holiday parades and bazaars, these New England holiday events are worth the drive.
Massachusetts
Could You Live Here? | Marblehead, Massachusetts
A seasonal getaway to this seaside town offers history and the holidays, all wrapped up together.
A landmark Kennebunkport inn is looking for new owners.
Desserts
A Very Yankee Holiday Cookie Swap
Top bakers share their favorite holiday cookie recipes as we give a classic Christmas cookie exchange a modern twist.
Celebrating New England’s best cheeses, chocolates, jams, coffees, and other gift-worthy edibles in Yankee Magazine‘s annual food awards.
Cooking Advice
A Thanksgiving Feast | Cooking at Cottage Farm
After months of growing and harvesting, Thanksgiving on the farm is a chance to relish the fruits of the season with a delicious, easy-to-prepare feast.
Massachusetts
If You Gild It, They Will Come | Christmas at the Eustis Estate in Milton, Massachusetts
With its display of 19th-century holiday finery, the Eustis Estate in Milton, Massachusetts, invites visitors into the seasonal magic of historic homes.
Learn trivia about one of America’s oldest, scenic parkways, the Merritt Parkway.