Bringing the Holiday Fun — 11/24/22

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From town parades and tree lightings to Nutcracker and Christmas Carol productions, arts markets, comedy events and more, find holiday events to pack your seaonal calendar.

Also on the cover Katelyn Sahagian talks to three members of the same Nashua area family who currently have their art on display as part of St. Joseph Hospital’s Healing through the Arts gallery (page 31). Michael Witthaus highlights some concerts to look forward to throughout the month of December (page 48). Matt Ingersoll catches up with the owners of Cafe la Reine and New Hampshire Doughnut Co., who respectively have opened new locations in Manchester (page 38) and Bedford (page 39).

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