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Will your plans for Thanksgiving include the usual this year: too much food, too much football, too much alcohol, and too much heated conversation with your family? Maybe it's time to try something different. How about heading to Plymouth (or "Plimoth" as historical nitpickers like to spell it) for a Thanksgiving celebration with the Colonists? Plimoth Plantation, a re-created pilgrim village, has a series of dinners and celebrations planned on and around Thanksgiving.

On Turkey Day, November 23, the Plantation will offer an all-you-can-eat buffet with the usual modern-day suspects such as turkey, cranberry sauce, and apple pie. Reservations are required, and some of the times are already sold out. There will also be a more modest "Thanksgiving in the Courtyard," which will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, as well as a la carte items sold fast-food style.

Starting November 4 and continuing on scheduled days throughout November, Plimoth Plantation will be offering a 1627 Harvest Dinner with the Pilgrims. This meal will forego the modern trappings and dispel some Thanksgiving myths. (Sorry, the pilgrims didn't eat cranberry sauce, much less string beans au jus du Campbell. Heck, they didn't even use forks.) Before or after the meal, you can check out the Mayflower replica and gaze at Plymouth Rock--which, regrettably, is puny and anticlimactic.

For another Colonial-era take on Thanksgiving, consider Old Sturbridge Village. The living history museum's Thanksgiving Day feast is already sold out, but you'll still be able to tour the grounds and observe early settlers preparing and partaking in a holiday meal. There will be after-dinner entertainment as well. Put on your buckled hats and party like it's 1799!

Plimoth Plantation
(508) 746-1622
137 Warren Avenue
Plymouth

Old Sturbridge Village
(508) 347-3362
Route 20
Sturbridge

Photo: Plimoth Plantation