Collect late-autumn pine cones, acorns, and twigs to make DIY Christmas decorations to decorate your home this year. Here’s how.
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Yankee Pot Roast
This classic recipe for Yankee pot roast isn’t just delicious, it’s the essence of the New England kitchen.
New England
Final 2016 New England Fall Foliage Report
The final New England Foliage Report for 2016 takes a look back at the fall colors this season. Fall foliage came on strong across northern New England in a brilliant display that remained mostly consistent.
We asked featured photographer Philip Case Cohen to share some of his favorite photographs of the New Hampshire seacoast.
Newfane, Vermont, is some 60 houses and other buildings that amount to a white-clapboarded, black-shuttered, Greek Revival epitome of small-town New England.
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Best Holiday Craft Fairs in New England
Holiday craft fairs fill the weekends between Halloween and Christmas at churches, community centers, schools, and function halls all across New England. Offering food (for snacking and giving), handmade gift items, and a healthy dose of holiday cheer, they are often one of the earliest signs of the approaching holiday season. Why not visit one […]
New England’s darkest season is filled with light. The coolest illuminations shine not only with electrical sparkle but with gigawatts of community energy and pride. Bundle up and take part in one or all of these magical spectacles, which we think are the 5 best holiday light displays in New England. *** Updated for 2016 […]
New Hampshire
The Rocks Estate Christmas Tree Farm in Bethlehem, NH
At The Rocks Estate Christmas Tree Farm in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, it’s as though a rural Downton Abbey has merged with Kris Kringle’s village. A wintry morning sun begins its climb on this early December day. All around, ridges streaked with snow remind us that we’re in the heart of the White Mountains, with New […]
Many communities put on a show for the holidays, but Christmas celebrations in Manchester and Woodstock, Vermont, are especially festive.
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Martha’s Vineyard Winter Weekend Retreat
You may not think of Martha’s Vineyard as a winter getaway, but you should. In early February, my wife, Grace, and I escaped the New Hampshire winter for a weekend in Edgartown, Massachusetts. It wasn’t the kind of island retreat most often thought of when the snow flies. But it suited us just fine. The […]
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Best Winter Festivals in New England
Make the most of the season at the best winter festivals in New England.