Direct. Last minute on the coronavirus
Without horseback riding or massive grapes in the Puerta del Sol, busy family dinners, kisses and hugs, no one doubts that these will not be a
normal
Christmas
, although traditions will fight to stay and Christmas customs will have to incorporate
masks
,
hydroalcoholic
gel
and
ventilation
in households.
It is still too early to know how we can celebrate what are surely the most family holidays of the year, but what is certain is that we
will have to use common sense
and forget about gathering grandparents, uncles, grandchildren, cousins and nephews, perhaps the most difficult thing to assume at this time.
The biggest uncertainty today is whether
we can travel outside of our cities or provinces
to visit family and celebrate the holidays with them.
The
perimeter closures
decreed in practically all the communities are intended in part to control the growing spread of the virus and thus "save"
Christmas
.
There is nothing for sure, but if these festivals were celebrated today, almost 41 million Spaniards, 87% of the population, would
not be able to leave or enter their territories
without justified reason and, therefore, many families would spend
Christmas
separately.
And if the decreed measures manage to reverse the upward trend of the
pandemic,
the limitations when celebrating these holidays will not be few.
In many regions,
the maximum number of people
who can meet
has been limited to
six
, a figure that will force many families to divide and forgo family dinners and meals.
Those that are held must have a new guest -
the mask
- and keep the necessary interpersonal distance.
It is more than a recommendation considering that most meetings will be in closed and poorly ventilated spaces and it is precisely in those contexts
where the highest number of infections is registered
.
To avoid them, it is important to ensure
frequent ventilation of the houses
, despite the cold, and to be very scrupulous when preparing meals.
Avoid raising your voice too much and singing
are other recommendations of the experts to avoid contagion.
This year
there will be no party favors
, company dinners will certainly be reduced and it is difficult to imagine how the twelve bells will sound in a possibly empty Puerta del Sol in Madrid.
The
cavalcades of the Magi
hang by a thread and maybe this is the year to leave the stairs at home,
buy a roscón de Reyes
, prepare a hot chocolate and watch the arrival of the Magi from the East on television.
Nor will there be long lines in the shopping centers
for the little ones to deliver their letters to Santa Claus and whisper how they have behaved this difficult year and what toys they expect to receive.
What we
can possibly visit are the Nativity scenes
that municipalities and churches place in the open air and we can also walk the streets of our cities to see the Christmas lights, a measure that municipalities such as Gijón or Salamanca have advanced to favor trade, which they fear lose this year's campaign.
In such a complicated 2020, many may trust in luck and
the Christmas Fat Draw
may be a parenthesis between so much bad news but, again, this will not be how we remember it from previous years.
The celebrations with cava in the
Lottery administrations
will have to be done in small groups, although it is difficult to imagine that the odd embrace between the winners will not escape.
In any case, those of 2020 will certainly be a Christmas that we will hardly forget.
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