When it comes to Thanksgiving dinner, Governor Charlie Baker and his family keep it simple: turkey, mashed potatoes, maybe green bean casserole, definitely apple pie. “For us, having our kids home is going to be a particularly important part of the day,’’ Baker told WAAF’s “Hill-Man Morning Show’’ last week. Senate President Stan Rosenberg, meanwhile, plans to help serve a Thanksgiving meal Thursday morning at the Pine Street Inn.

Not everyone celebrates the Pilgrims’ arrival nearly four centuries ago. Native Americans and their supporters will gather Thursday at noon on Cole’s Hill in Plymouth to mark a National Day of Mourning on the holiday.

If you don’t feel like hitting the malls on Friday, take your family to Drumlin Farm in Lincoln for “Giving Thanks for Nature and Our Senses.’’ Enjoy art installations throughout the farmyard and make your own crafts. See www.massaudubon.org/drumlin.

Or stop by Wellesley on Friday for the opening of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s eighth annual Festival of Trees. Through Dec. 11 at Mass Hort’s Elm Bank property, the festival will feature 65 decorated trees and Snow Village, a model train and holiday village collection. Learn more at masshort.org.

Budding readers will enjoy the Concord Museum’s 21st annual “Family Trees: A Celebration of Children’s Literature.’’ Volunteers have decorated about 40 holiday trees at the museum with fanciful ornaments inspired by favorite children’s books. They’ll be on view Wednesday through Jan. 2. For more information, go to www.concordmuseum.org.

Methuen Ballet Ensemble brings “The Nutcracker’’ to the Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport on Saturday and Sunday. Is Peanuts more your speed? “A Charlie Brown Christmas’’ will be presented by Boston Children’s Theatre at The Larcom Theatre in Beverly from Saturday through Dec. 18.

Material from State House News Service was used in this report. Leslie Anderson can be reached at leslie.anderson@globe.com.