Your Guide to Thanksgiving in Concord

By Liz Taurasi

Thanksgiving is this Thursday, Nov. 28. Are you ready?

Whether it's whether to pick up your holiday pie or how you can run off those holiday pounds, Patch has you covered for what you need to know to survive Thanksgiving 2013.

Here's a look at what you need to know for the holiday. Happy Thanksgiving, Concord!

Everyone knows it falls on a Thursday, this year it's Nov. 28. But when does school end? Concord's schools will follow this schedule.

Of course you'll want to know what's open and closed on Thanksgiving in Concord.

Still planning that holiday menu? Well, we have some recipes for you: 

• For if you're going gluten-free
• Homemade sourdough bread and compound butter anyone? 
• Apps! Apps! Apps! Apps! Apps!
• Need to know how to thaw the turkey? We've got a video for that.
• 5 ways to glaze that bird. 
• And a few Creole-inspired menu options for good measure
• Guests staying all weekend? You'll want these recipes for late-night nibblers, next-day noshers and beyond. 

Looking to give back to your neighbors? Open Table can always use a hand helping those in need. 

Interested in a fresh turkey, as opposed to a frozen one? Here are some options.

Traveling for the holiday? Better keep these 14 tips in mind before you hit the road. And then check Patch to monitor traffic conditions -- on the roads and rails, and even in the air -- in real time. 

Heading to Concord-Carlisle High to see the Patriots take on the Bedford Buccaneers? Consult our quick guide to the game. 

An unusual timing of events this year results in what some are calling Thanksgivukkah. Thanksgiving falls on the first day of Hanukkah.