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Thanksgiving in New England – Christmas Lights!

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Thanksgiving! Last year, Thanksgiving was a bit too busy for me to fly back to the United States… classes, and general insanity, conspired to keep me in Dublin. Which, frankly, was a perfectly lovely time with friends and classmates. 2025, however, had none of those challenges… and thus, saw Andrea and I winging our way to New England for a well-deserved holiday…

The weekend after Thanksgiving, Saturday and Sunday, November 29th and 30th, 2026

As is tradition, Christmas lights appeared after Thanksgiving, as if by magic.

I mean, they did, right? Magic and a whole lot of time and effort on a whole lot of peoples parts!

Christmas lights are kind of normal for me, frankly. But one of my favorite parts about my relationship with Andrea is how we help each other see the things that we’re blind to – In this example, I’ve just gotten so used to Christmas lights that they don’t really register.

But, thanks to Andrea, I was able to actually look at and enjoy them all this year, instead of simply vaguely seeing past them as we drove. We even stopped and turned around for a few of these photos!

Thanksgiving in New England – Friendsgiving

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Thanksgiving! Last year, Thanksgiving was a bit too busy for me to fly back to the United States… classes, and general insanity, conspired to keep me in Dublin. Which, frankly, was a perfectly lovely time with friends and classmates. 2025, however, had none of those challenges… and thus, saw Andrea and I winging our way to New England for a well-deserved holiday…

Friday, 28-November-2026


After Thanksgiving? Friendsgiving!

As with our first Thanksgiving, Friendsgiving was magical. Great table settings, excellent food, good friends, and excellent times. Good memories and happy times!



Thanksgiving in New England – It’s finally Thanksgiving!

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Thanksgiving! Last year, Thanksgiving was a bit too busy for me to fly back to the United States… classes, and general insanity, conspired to keep me in Dublin. Which, frankly, was a perfectly lovely time with friends and classmates. 2025, however, had none of those challenges… and thus, saw Andrea and I winging our way to New England for a well-deserved holiday…

Thursday, 27-November-2026

Well. We’re finally here in the story – Thanksgiving!

We drove up from New York City. We had snacks, but we mainly saved our appetites… and when we arrived? That decision was absolutely the right one.

Infinite amazing food. Infinite smells, intense excitement, and all the happy greetings.

There’s not really much to say here – it was Thanksgiving, everything I could have asked for or hoped to have. Andrea, my family, all meshed together into a happy and excited pile of catching up, trading stories, eating great food and going for lovely walks.

Seriously – I adore Thanksgiving.