Category: Holiday
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Original Yankee swap gifts: purchasing for adults this Christmas.
What is a Yankee Swap? Yankee Swap is a popular tradition among families in Maine as well as in other parts of the country. It is a straightforward concept, where Northerners, also known as Yankees, swap gifts with each other. The term is sometimes referred to as White Elephant or Dirty Santa, but all of…
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It’s “Festival of Trees” season in Maine.
Hopeful winners of extravagant trees flock to the Anah Shrine Center for the Festival of trees, a yearly event that draws thousands to Bangor for two weekends in November. “Feztival of Trees” is the actual term. The yearly tradition of the Festival of Trees, or Feztival, is put on by the Anah Shriners. , and…