Your Guide to Thanksgiving in Acton

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, Acton!

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

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

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. 

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. 

Ready for some football? Before you head to Westford, where the Acton-Boxborough Colonials will take on the Grey Ghosts of Westford Academy, 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.