Loneliness for the New Year, a necessary sacrifice?

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  • Sunday, Olivier Véran urged the French to put the New Year on hold, in order to limit the risks of contamination.

  • This choice is, according to him, necessary in view of the risks of an epidemic rebound of the coronavirus.

  • A desire followed by many readers of

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    , who tell us why they will not celebrate the New Year.

Sunday in the

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, the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, recommended to the French not to celebrate the New Year, in order to limit the risks of an epidemic rebound of the coronavirus.

A wish listened to by some of you, many of whom responded to our call for testimonies around a non-celebration of December 31.

For many, it is television that will save this New Year's Eve 2020. Less exciting than champagne, confetti and friends, but more reasonable.

Nadine, one of our readers, has thus decided to wake up alone “in front of a nice meal and the TV shows that make me laugh every year.

And that's fine… Believe me, we don't die ”.

A real sacrifice, but voluntary

At 31 years old, Nathan does not think of dying from it, but does not get carried away for his evening alone.

“I'll watch movies I love and tell myself I'm helping save the country from a third wave.

It will clearly be a rotten night, but if it makes it possible to have parties in 2021 as before, I take it every day.

"He talks about his crazy projects for the coming year, which he believes possible with the arrival of vaccines: New York, festivals, even the Munich beer festival in October ..." It's extremely optimistic, but that's what I'll hang on to Thursday night ”.

Like him, many concede that this New Year's Eve will be a real sacrifice, but for good reasons.

And the evening will be saved a little by the video calls.

This is the case with Alice: “A glass of champagne, in video with my children at midnight and we stay at home.

Well, it's not the best, but it's for a good cause.

The same goes for Liegaux, 42, who traditionally celebrates the New Year with the family.

Except this year therefore, after discussion between brothers, sisters and parents.

“Everyone stays at home.

We will do a video to see each other.

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An option that is far from unanimous.

Sophie, 28 years old: “I think that if I still make a Skype aperitif or Zoom call, I will break my webcam.

I prefer to do it alone than to spend a fake evening which will ultimately make me sadder than anything else.

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Trial or conviction

For some, there was a long hesitation.

This is the case of Emilia, who planned to see her group of six friends who have not celebrated anything since this summer.

In particular his birthday, which fell in October during the curfew, the closing of bars and confinement: “For the New Year, we had to be about fifteen, we reduced to six.

Finally, I withdrew because I didn't want to take any risks… Suddenly, change of plan: we celebrate it in the small committee that is the family, which is more respectful of sanitary measures.

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Hesitations that Quentin did not know, determined as ever: “Since the government does not take radical measures like other countries, it is up to us to take our own responsibilities.

Whatever happens, I'm calm, it won't be my fault if it gets worse.

Either way, it's a bad start.

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Mourning more than the party

Finally, there were those who did not hesitate for a second because the heart is not at the party anyway.

David says: “I don't think anyone should celebrate anything as a sign of respect and solidarity with people who have lost loved ones.

I will stay warm at home with my family who live under the same roof, just like we did for Christmas.

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Same tone for Marine: “No New Year this year despite the fact that I am 23 years old and that I would have loved to celebrate it with my friends.

I was diagnosed with cancer in April, so I'm now one of those at risk and out of the question for me to risk getting infected.

We do not think enough about young people who are at risk of Covid and who have been living in confinement since March without interruption.

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Hélène, between mourning, the need for rest and collective gesture, concludes: "This year, bereaved and" at risk ", it is without hesitation that we will mark the 12 strokes of midnight for two, in music then in telephone exchanges ... Reasonable, united and selfish at the same time!

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