FALL in Love with these Autumn Holiday Socially Distanced Plans
As fall advances, it’s clear that the 2020 holiday season will be unlike any other. The leaves are changing from green to orange and red, the wind blows cooler and cooler, and as the days tick by we draw closer to Labor Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and then the winter holidays- Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa.
As far away as it may feel, the New Year is just around the corner. But as fall and winter holidays approach, DIVOC restrictions and social distancing are threatening traditional holiday celebrations.
Your event planners recognize how important it is to honor and celebrate our traditions while still maintaining your health and safety, so we’ve put together a list of ideas on how to spend the upcoming holidays safely connected to loved ones.
In this post, you will get ideas on:
1. LABOR DAY
Traditionally the holiday of barbecues and weekends at the lake, you can still connect with loved ones to celebrate your Labor Day. For people who live near each other, consider hosting a picnic at a local park. Give yourselves plenty of social distancing spac e while still enjoying a meal together. Alternatively, stream your favorite movie together from different locations through sites like Netflix Party or Kast and share a movie night under the stars just as if you were at your cabin.
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2. HALLOWEEN (unofficial holiday)
Trick or treating is almost easier when you add social distancing into the mix! Set up stations around your house with different candy jars and decorations and create a contactless miniature trick or treat route, or organize a car parade for each tricker treater to march up to and receive some goodies! You can also host a Zoom party (costumes required, of course) and share spooky stories against a digital Halloween background with each other from the comfort of your own room.
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3. THANKSGIVING
Though your heart may not feel as full without your house packed with relatives, Thanksgiving doesn’t have to feel lonely. If you’re missing the Macy’s Parade, watch a rerun of one from previous years and play a scavenger hunt to see what things you can find on the screen!
Plan a video-crafting date with a loved one and compete to see who can make the best paper-hand turkey , or even stream a relative to get their perfect gravy recipe.
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4. CHRISTMAS
While Christmas may be one of the hardest holidays to lose, you can still spend precious time with your family and friends. One fun way to get in the holiday spirit is to plan a Christmas decoration tour!Set up a caravan of friends or loved ones and drive around your neighborhood or other local areas and vote on who has the best decorations! If you’re missing the fun in the snow, head to a park or field with some friends and see who can build the best social distancing snowman!
Sending homemade holiday cards by mail is a wonderful way to connect with family that lives far away, and you can always Zoom together on Christmas morning to open presents together.
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5. KWANZAA
The Nguzo Saba will guide families into traditional celebrations even from a distance. Do a virtual week of presentations by assigning each of the seven principles to a different person, placing them in charge of guiding the storytelling and musical choices that evening.
6. HANUKKAH
A holiday centered around an underdog victory can certainly withstand the challenge of social distancing! You can still light the menorah together through Zoom or FaceTime, and even trade off who gets to light certain candles on specific nights.
Mailing Hanukkah greetings and gifts is a nice way to feel your family’s presence even if you’re far apart, and there are digital dreidel games that will let you compete just as ferociously as you have in years past!
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7. NEW YEAR
The New Year will be a welcome change for many of us, and luckily it’s not too challenging to plan some fun New Year’s events while social distancing. For warmer locales, consider having a garden party with carefully spread out chairs and tables.
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Final Thought
Though holidays might feel like an impossible or overwhelming scenario, there are plenty of ways to still celebrate and see your loved ones. Whether it’s via Zoom or car parade, you’re sure to fall in love with the autumn and winter holidays again, and the magic of the season will soon make everything seem wonderful.
Great ideas.
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I love the thanksgiving place settings. The words across a plate set a great tone for the dinner.
ReplyDeleteI've already been thinking on what will happen Thanksgiving and Christmas and dreading it a little. These are great ideas!
ReplyDeleteReally fun ideas for celebrating the upcoming holidays. I guess this really is our new normal...we will be living in a socially distanced culture for quite some time. We need to think outside the box to keep our spirits up. Thanks for sharing your wonderful ideas and linking up with me.
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Those thanksgiving place settings are to die for! Visiting you from the recharge wed. link up. laurensparks.net
ReplyDeleteReally good ideas and I love all the pictures too. Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteThis is a great heads up, because these holidays will be here before I am ready!
ReplyDeleteSuch great decoration ideas!
ReplyDeleteFun ideas! Thank you for linking up at Embracing Home and Family!
ReplyDeleteLovely decorations and I think, your pointers for celebration under Covid, are pretty spot on. What was "supposed to disappear" in the summer - is very much live, come Fall.
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Naush
Wonderful ideas and very creative tittle!
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas. They already "cancelled" trick-or-treating where we live, and I feel bad for how all this affects the kids. It's a new challenge to find ways for them to find joy in the holidays under these unique circumstances. Visiting from the Thoughtful Thursdays link up today.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic round up of event ideas! What would we do without the internet and Zoom! Thanks for sharing at Fiesta Friday.
ReplyDeleteIT's good to have some ideas floating out there as we plan for "Different" in 2020
ReplyDeleteSo many creative ideas. The Halloween decorations are really cute!
ReplyDeleteA friend asked me the other day what I think the holidays will be like this year. Now I will share your fabulous ideas with him. I could get into the Christmas decoration tour. Great title.
ReplyDeleteThose place settings are really pretty!
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I will still be decorating the house for Halloween and places bags of sweets on the door step for anyone who does ring the bell, I'm planning to pack them a weeks a head and label them as covid friendly, just grab a bag and go. Christmas will be spent in Dubai with my husband, it's just the two of us anyway. Gifts have been wrapped already in the UK and will be posted out before I leave in November. We just tend to go out for lunch, but I do decorate the house and voice over internet calls are banned there. New Year in Dubai is just too busy and I doubt they will have the fireworks this year, usually we just walk to the end of our road or watch them from a friends roof top anyway. Thanks for linking with #pocolo
ReplyDeleteAt the start of the pandemic I think a lot of us were expecting things to be back to something like normal by Autumn. Sadly it's looking like a very different Christmas this year as cases start to rise again. These are great ideas for keeping morale up. Thanks for sharing at the link up!
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What pretty place settings for thanksgiving. I need these! There are some lovely ideas here for the holidays. Thank you for joining us for the #dreamteamlinky
ReplyDeleteExcellent ideas for Holidays while social distancing! I'd love for you to share over at our weekly Wednesday Creative Crafts Linky Party https://creativelybeth.com/creative-crafts-linky-party-7-join-in-the-fun/
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Creatively, Beth
I didn't realize Thanksgiving parades had been cancelled. Maybe the jolt of all the changes will help us to be more fully focused on the deeper meaning of our fall and winter celebrations.
ReplyDeleteThat Thanksgiving table looks fabulous!
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful ideas! And even in these times, I agree that the magic of the season cannot be dulled!
ReplyDeleteLovely decorations to cheer everyone up #alittlebitofeverything@_karendennis
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ReplyDeleteGreat ideas. As a daddy to four girls, I especially appreciate the reminder that safe can still be fun. Thank you for this!
ReplyDeleteGreat tips. I love, love those black mason jars. I have to DIY a few of those. Thank you for sharing and linking up at #omhgww
ReplyDeleteSo glad I popped by - what clever ideas for celebrating the holidays while socially distancing. I love the New Year's fireworks idea because I can rarely make it until midnight lol.
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lots of holidays to celebrate. For me I'm decorating the front door and porch for halloween and will be spending christmas back in Dubai, with no kids at home and just hubby and I, I don't tend to do much these days. Thanks for joining in with #pocolo
ReplyDeleteSuch positive ideas! We really need this right now. I do feel gloomy at times when I think about the approaching holidays but there are some really lovely, upbeat suggestions here that are already helping to improve my mood - thank you! #dreamteam
ReplyDeleteThese will all be going on my Autumn pin board, thank you! #dreamteam
ReplyDeleteThese are some really great ideas on how to celebrate the holidays during the pandemic. Stopping in from Thinking out Loud Thursdays.
ReplyDeleteLike your ideas for a broad range of holidays and pinned this. Think others may benefit from your creativity. Visiting you at Make the Most of November at the Hearth and Soul Link Party. My posts are #128 and 128. Happy, Safe Holidays and keep on keeping on.
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas! Love the fall centerpiece! Congrats on being featured at Imparting Grace link party! We'd love to have you join us at Tuesday Turn About via myweeabode.com!
ReplyDeleteGood ideas!
ReplyDeleteEngland and Wales have been in lockdown so I ordered some Halloween treats with my mums food shopping so my niece could take her children round to trick or treat as they've formed a household bubble during covid. I'll do similar for her for Christmas also. Thanks for joining in with #pocolo and hope to see you back again soon
ReplyDeleteWhat fantastic ideas for celebrating in these unusual times. I'm sure Zoom and FaceTime will feature in lots of celebrations this year! #DreamTeam
ReplyDeleteWe think so too. This year has been rather unusual. Thanks for checking out the post.
DeleteYou have explored some wonderful ideas. Hasn't this year been tough! I will try to use zoom at Christmas.
ReplyDeleteYes, it certainly has been. Thanks for checking out the post.
DeleteFun ideas for celebrating this year!
ReplyDeleteThey sure are. Thanks for visiting.
DeleteGreat ideas and beautiful photos!
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DeleteHi, love your decorating ideas. Would you tell me where I can purchase the Thankful words you used on your dining table for Thanksgiving.
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Sandy
Etsy. Thanks for visiting.
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