Newcomer has never cooked Thanksgiving dinner before

Yanira Quinones is a newcomer who will also be cooking her first Thanksgiving dinner this year.

Yanira and her husband, Jose, and two young daughters, Kiana and Samantha, moved from the Bronx to Clover, S.C. earlier this year. They picked the area after visiting a cousin in Fort Mill several times.

"We just liked the atmosphere of being out of the city and being in the country and seeing trees. It was just a better place to live," said Yanira, a legal secretary. "We are happy. The kids love it."

The family was also lured by a lower cost of living, which allowed them to build a house, something they couldn't have afforded in New York, where they rented.

What will Thanksgiving in their new home be like?

"It will be a little lonely because my mom and dad and (Jose's) mom and dad and literally everyone is in New York," she said. (Even her cousin has since moved back.)

And it will be Yanira's first year making Thanksgiving dinner. She said she planned to "Google some stuff online and find out how to make a turkey."

Well, Yanira, you also might want to check out the Observer's guide to Thanksgiving, published today. Just click here for your nine-day countdown -- a day by day and hour by hour guide on what you need to be do to get ready -- and recipes and instructions for handling, cooking and carving your bird. Good luck!