This Relais & Chateaux resort is set in a 19th century farmhouse on a 4,200-acre estate in the Great Smoky Mountains, 25 miles south of Knoxville, Tenn. Its Thanksgiving festivities begin this year on Wednesday, Nov. 26, with a welcome reception and musical accompaniment on the Main House verandah. Other activities throughout the weekend include a behind-the-scenes tour of the farmstead, a traditional Thanksgiving turkey fry, gingerbread house workshop, several bonfires with storytellers, and a fall harvest lunch and apple pressing.

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This resort, beautifully situated high in the Sonoran Desert amid the foothills of Pinnacle Peak, is offering three nights for the price of two over Thanksgiving weekend. Many free family activities will also be offered then, including a cowboy campfire, with songs and tales of the Old West by a cowboy crooner, s'mores and other treats; an interactive exhibit on desert critters; stargazing with an astronomer; family hikes to Pinnacle Peak; and mixology classes for kids, where they will learn how to make non-alcoholic spritzers and other drinks. Ask about the non-alcoholic appletini; it rocks.

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Overlooking Boston's Public Garden, this hotel is providing kids VIP access to skating on the Frog Pond in Boston Common over Thanksgiving weekend; a visit to their room by the Four Seasons ice cream man, who serves sundaes in plastic Red Sox hat bowls from a real ice cream cart; and use of a seasonal, outdoor activity pack. The hotel also offers a VIK (Very Important Kids) package over Thanksgiving weekend with luxury accommodations at a 50% discount on a second room; a gift from the hotel's toy wagon; scavenger hunts through the hotel and city; two adult and two children's passes at one of several museums; a choice of kids' movies from the hotel's VIK movie library; children's menus and toiletries; and use of children's bathrobes.

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Located in the Mexican Caribbean resort of Cancun, this hotel has a 35,000-square-foot Mayan-inspired spa that parents will adore. The hotel will serve two elaborate Thanksgiving dinners, one at Gustino Italian Grill, the other at Simply Seafood. A special Thanksgiving weekend package includes accommodations for a family of four (two adults and two children); daily buffet breakfast; transportation to and from and admission to Xcaret Ecological Park, an "eco-archaeological" park where visitors can swim with dolphins, snorkel and see cultural shows. The package starts at $320 per night, per room, with a three-night minimum stay. Two adults and two children can stay in one room.

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Located in central Vermont in the town of Woodstock, often called the "prettiest small town in America," this hotel has a three-night Thanksgiving package starting at $324.50 per night that includes accommodations; breakfast; Thanksgiving dinner in the inn's main dining room; use of the health and fitness center, which has an indoor pool, tennis, squash and racquetball courts; and admission to the Billings Farm and Museum, a working dairy farm that provides a glimpse of rural Vermont life at the turn of the 20th century. Kids can also do arts and crafts and a scavenger hunt at the hotel or a walking tour of the village, and watch their own movies at night.

Two adults and two children can stay in one room.

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Family-owned and operated, this hotel is located on 340 tropical acres on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Guests can lounge, snorkel or kayak on its three gorgeous beaches. The Buccaneer is well-known for its kids' camp, for children age 4 to 12, featuring beach and pool games and races, treasure hunts, and arts and crafts, among many activities. Special room rates are also available over Thanksgiving, when a second room is offered at a 50% discount. Cottage suites, with two bedrooms, one bath and a spacious lawn, are popular with families, as are connecting, oceanfront rooms.

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Located in a Rocky Mountain village named after seven pioneering men who went there in search of wealth and a better life, this resort is offering families culinary and sporting treats this Thanksgiving. One package features a residential suite for four, Thanksgiving dinner by Spago served en-suite, a free-half-day program for up to two children, which gives parents free time to do their own thing; and special refreshments during a tree-lighting ceremony November 29, among other perks. A "ski-nanny" package allows parents to ski while their kids are supervised by a nanny for a full day; this gives children transportation to and from the children's ski school in Beaver Creek Village, followed by snacks and a movie.

For more information: Ritz Carlton

This historic hotel in Cooperstown will offer an extensive program of activities for kids and adults from November 26 through November 30. "Hay You" the clown will entertain the former throughout the weekend, as will kids' movies nightly, gingerbread-cookie-necklace decorating lessons, and other age-appropriate activities. There will also be walking tours and horse-drawn hayrides through Cooperstown, home of the Baseball Hall of Fame, and a cooking demonstration and wine pairing and tasting for adults. Santa and Mrs. Claus are even scheduled to make a special appearance in Cooperstown Friday evening. The two-night Thanksgiving Weekend Family Package starts at $555, double occupancy and includes two dinners and two breakfasts for each guest (add $110 for kids 5-18).

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Built on a 100-acre estate atop Bermuda's highest point, on the southern shore of the island, this hotel is offering an extensive program of activities November 27 through 29. On Thanksgiving Day, guests can watch the Macy's parade in New York and football games on big screen TV; there will also be a culinary demonstration and wine-tasting, plus several Thanksgiving feasts, one with dancing and live entertainment. A guided beach trail walk and lighthouse fitness walk are also offered over the weekend.

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Here's a classy hotel with an unbeatable location and savvy sensitivity, as evidenced by its THANKSforGIVING package, available Nov. 27. Starting at $1,095 per night, it includes overnight luxury accommodations, a prix-fixe dinner for two in BLT Market (not including alcoholic beverages) and a donation to City Harvest, the world's first food rescue organization. Escalating costs for food, fuel, rent, and medical bills are pushing an increasing number of New Yorkers to soup kitchen and food pantry lines, making City Harvest's free deliveries of food even more important this holiday season. For every package sold, the hotel will make a donation to City Harvest that will provide 45 local families with a holiday meal this year.

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