As usual, we'll start our Thanksgiving morning off with a delicious treat from Maine's Robinhood Free Meetinghouse restaurant: 72-Layer Cream Cheese Biscuits. I first sampled these rich yet airy pastries in 1999, and I was delighted to learn in 2006 that I could purchase Chef Michael Gagne's famous biscuits at my local Whole Foods Market.

But do these delicate cream cheese biscuits--literally made of 72 thin layers of laminated dough--taste as good prepared in my own kitchen? Read on! I'll also tell you where to order these gourmet treats from Maine online.

What Are You Thankful For This Thanksgiving? Take time out to share your gratitude in the New England Forum. I've gone first!

_{72-Layer Cream Cheese Biscuits photo © 2006 Kim Knox Beckius.}

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

• B&Bs in New Hampshire's White Mountains offer two-night Inn-to-Inn Holiday Cookie and Candy Tour getaways priced from $171 for two;
• Cape Ann's Tuck Inn has incredible winter rates;
• The 12 Dinosaurs of Christmas package in Connecticut is affordable (and fun!) for a family of four;
• An online coupon will save you $2 on New England Auto Show admission; and
• $25 Restaurant.com certificates are just $3.

_{Cookie photo courtesy of Country Inns in the White Mountains.}

Old Sturbridge Village is a 200-acre time machine that transports visitors to the early 1800s. The Northeast's largest living history museum is a place where the routines and rituals of a 19th-century New England community play out day after day, season after season. Did you know that you can even celebrate Thanksgiving at Old Sturbridge Village?

Join me on a photo tour of Old Sturbridge Village, then plan your own visit to yesteryear.

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_{Old Sturbridge Village photo © 2001 Kim Knox Beckius}

If you can hardly wait for Christmas, head to New Hampshire. Santa's Village, an enchanting family amusement park, reopens this Saturday for special weekend dates of magical (if chilly!) fun through December. I'll take you to Santa's New Hampshire headquarters on this photo tour. If you're good, you might even catch a glimpse of the bearded guy himself.

_{Santa's Village photo © 2006 Kim Knox Beckius}