November 2014 has been a roller coaster of New England weather.

Midcoast Maine has seen snow, ice, high winds, freezing temperatures and power outages. But the month has also seen its fair share of warm, sunny days.

This Tuesday morning, it is 57 F in Boothbay at 8 a.m., warm, overcast and calm. But by Thanksgiving morning on Thursday, the National Weather Service predicts temperatures dropping into the 30s and the area to receive up to 8 inches of snow.

The snowstorm, predicted to begin as rain on Wednesday afternoon and to quickly turn to snow falling through the night, will be a nightmare for travelers.

But it may also signal that one of the best of our yearly holidays, Thanksgiving, is finally standing up to that bully Christmas.

For years, we’ve watched Christmas, apparently not satisfied with the entire month of December, creep into November and overwhelm Thanksgiving.

Christmas tree lightings, holiday bazaars and events, Christmas decorations and music seem to roll out earlier every year. And then, of course, there is the dreaded Black Friday Christmas shopping madness that now begins on Thanksgiving night.

This year, it looks like Thanksgiving may be taking a play out of Christmas’s playbook.

Dreaming of a White Christmas? Think again, this year, we’re having a White Thanksgiving.