HAPPY COVID-19 HOLIDAYS thread

Almost slapped myself the other day, wishing my mechanic Happy Holidays (but in fairness, I truly hope not to see him again this year).
Curious how your plans for the next six weeks are being changed due to Coronavirus. What are you doing "instead of" - what are you really going to miss?

Heard turkey farmers are taking it in the shorts because people aren't interested in turkeys that feed more than six.

Also - this.

Rockefeller Center’s famous Christmas tree 'on brand for 2020'

 

Seems like they looked at an Oregon license plate and said, "Go find a tree that looks like that." Pretty sickly-looking tree.

 

I'm not visiting either my mom or the Dads because of COVID.

Usually, I don't visit any of them because I can't afford it.

My roommate's ex is looking to cook Thanksgiving dinner for us in the house.

 

My mom's immunocompromised and both where I live and where she lives are outbreaking right now, so the family is staying put right where they are. I have a couple friends who are in my bubble who are getting together for a small Thanksgiving (they work retail so obviously travel is out for them around Thanksgiving). Will probably go home to my parents' for Christmas because that's a fairly easy holiday to stay in and avoid crowds.

 

My family always does a huge Christmas Eve oyster roast. I'm talking 100+ people with 5-6 bushels of oysters.
Obviously that ain't happenin'.
I'm hoping for immediate family and some oysters.

 

We usually host my wife's side of the family for gift exchange and lunch sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas, but we're opting out of that this year, which is probably a good thing because our teenage daughter has become politically and socially-justice aware in the past year, and most of that side of the family holds views that are pretty opposite of ours. I could picture it getting ugly.

And my side of the family usually meets for dinner at a local restaurant, and we're skipping that because of the Covids, and also the fact that my sister married a racist a$$hole and I don't want to deal with him.

So it's our little family doing our own thing this year. (Maybe a socially-distanced thing with one other family, but not sure yet.)

 

The tree has at least one redeeming quality.

 

We cancelled Thanksgiving plans, and though we typically travel over Christmas, we are staying put by ourselves this year. I don't think we've ever done that. So. I'm over compensating by putting up a s*** ton of Christmas trees.

 

I am putting up at least three trees. That said I don't really give a damn about any of it. It's all gone - the entire year - and I can't put a happy bow on it.

Mod, will hold a thought for your brother. He will be in capable hands.