( CNN ) -- Chopping breadcrumbs by flashlight . Cooking turkeys on the grill . Watching Netflix on phones . Many New Englanders were without power -- but this was nothing new for the state . Tens of thousands spent Thanksgiving just as others did in New England when it was first observed in the 17th century : without electricity . In New Hampshire , more than 133,000 customers were still without power overnight into Friday . `` They 're saying it will be a multiday event , '' said Fallon Reed , the assistant operations chief for the New Hampshire Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Management . In Maine , there were as many as 110,000 customers without electricity on Thanksgiving morning , but milder Turkey Day temperatures allowed for workers to cut that number down by more than two thirds by night 's end : Central Maine Power Co. reported that less than 32,000 customers had no power , while Emera , the state 's second-largest utility company , reported that less than 1,000 customers without electricity after a Wednesday nor'easter dumped more than a foot of snow across a dozen Maine cities , WMTW reported . `` Heavy , wet snow brought down power lines and tree limbs interrupting service to thousands of people throughout Maine , '' Emera posted on its website . `` Crews will remain in the field through the overnight hours and into Friday until all customers are fully restored . '' Despite the setback , the heartiest of New Englanders would n't let the lack of electricity prevent them from enjoying the heartiest of meals . Lots of Mainers took to Twitter either to poke fun at or moan about the weather . Most showed remarkable resilience and seemed reluctant to let the weather ruin their turkey day . `` Power is out at parents house in Maine , so my mom is chopping breadcrumbs with a flashlight , '' Brooklyn copy editor Kelly Gordon tweeted . She later told CNN that the meal turned out perfectly . `` My mom would never let no lights ( or ) no heat keep her from Thanksgiving prep work , '' she said . CNN 's Eliott C. McLaughlin and Teri Genova contributed to this report .
New Hampshire hardest hit by outages : more than 133,000 still without power Friday . More than 100,000 in Maine had now power for Thanksgiving . One Mainer tweeted , `` My mom is chopping breadcrumbs with a flashlight ''