For others, before you send out invites or reply to one, check COVID-19 rates in your area and in the communities the other attendees might be traveling from. Your immediate “bubble” or “pod,” the people in your household who have been taking the same protective measures during the pandemic, can celebrate together without concern. “There’s no doubt that this year’s holiday season is going to be a challenge,” says Daniel Griffin, MD, an infectious disease specialist and clinical instructor at Columbia University in New York City. adults in September, only 36 percent said they planned to attend or host in-person seasonal events with people outside their household. In a Consumer Reports nationally representative survey of 2,020 U.S. "If we can see our close loved ones, we’ll consider it a victory.”Īround the country, countless families are grappling with similar concerns as they try to preserve their holiday traditions without exposing themselves to the coronavirus. “We’ve given up on celebrating with friends," she says.
This year she’s brainstorming ways to safely hold a much smaller gathering, one that may include just her 71-year-old mother and stepmother traveling from Massachusetts and possibly step-siblings flying in from California. For the past 15 years, Maya Feller has given a Christmas Eve party for family and friends, transforming her Brooklyn, N.Y., home into a winter wonderland and serving an elaborate sit-down dinner for up to 18 people.
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