By Bruce Irving Before we get to Santa, let’s set the stage for his arrival in the New World. North America was full of surprises for Europeans, and perhaps none was so perplexing as the climate. Colonial settlers knew about latitude and made a commonsense assumption that things would be pretty much the same at similar latitudes wherever one went. London was 51 degrees north, so New England—in the low 40s and “neerer the Sunne”—was expected to be a lot like Spain or southern France. What settlers found instead were wicked-hot summers and “sharp” winters. Delivered Daily: The Latest in Travel ..read more

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Every November, Americans start looking forward to getting together with family and friends for the biggest feast day of the year. The day is full of ritual and tradition, but the Thanksgiving table is a curious one. There’s a definite menu of Turkey Day “standards” (most critically, the turkey), but there are some things on that list I’ve never tasted in my decades of American Thanksgiving eating, and I suspect I am not alone. One of the things that makes the American dining table so special is how it represents a medley of cultures, traditions, and flavors, and Thanksgiving just might be on ..read more

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November is Native American Heritage Month, but there is much to learn from and about New England’s indigenous peoples in every calendar month of the year. Native Americans inhabited the land we now call New England for more than 11,000 years before Europeans arrived on the scene, and their languages and creative achievements, their agricultural practices and their reverence for the seasons and cycles of nature are still woven into the region’s identity. When you visit one of these New England museums that preserves Native American history and culture, you’ll hear stories of tragedy and ..read more

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