Here are the 10 places where you're most likely to celebrate a White Christmas in New England, based on snow statistics from the National Climatic Data Center.

Ready for Snow?

• Sunday River is Already Open for Skiing 7 Days a Week
• Plan a Maine Snowmobiling Trip
• Peruse These New England Winter Pictures

_{White Christmas photo © 2005 Kim Knox Beckius}

Confession: I've never cooked a turkey... but I've shot a few! With my camera, of course.

We only think about turkeys at Thanksgiving time, it seems, but they're fun birds to observe year-round at New England farms and in the wild. Enjoy these photos of turkeys I've run into during my New England travels, and if you have a New England turkey photo of your own to share, here's how to submit it.

Turn to my New England Thanksgiving Travel Planner if all of these turkeys remind you that you still need to make your holiday travel plans!

_{Turkey photo © 2008 Kim Knox Beckius.}

New additions this week to Kim's New England Deal Sheet:

• Have a Sandwich Thanksgiving with an affordable, two-night Turkey Day lodging and dinner package at Cape Cod's 1750 Inn at Sandwich Center;
• Save on admission to Edaville USA's Christmas Festival of Lights in South Carver, Massachusetts;
• Enjoy exclusive savings when you become a New Hampshire fan on Facebook; and
• Purchase $25 restaurant gift certificates for just $2 through November 12.

_{Edaville USA Christmas Festival photo © 2008 Kim Knox Beckius.}

Yesterday, my seven-year-old daughter and I had the sweet opportunity to serve as judges at the Boston Christmas Festival's 16th annual Gingerbread House Competition. All of the entries were delightful, but the winners, as you'll see in this photo gallery, took gingerbread creativity to extremes.

There's still time to visit the Boston Christmas Festival, New England's largest holiday art and craft show, which runs through Sunday, November 8, and to view these amazing confections. At the festival's conclusion, these gingerbread masterpieces will be sold, mostly to local corporations, and proceeds benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, which makes them doubly sweet.

_{Gingerbread Old State House © 2009 Kim Knox Beckius.}