How close are we to having a more normal Christmas this time around?
Christmas—the time of the year where we don’t mind bumping into strangers and sweeping the store with sore feet to cross off the last item on our shopping list.
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Because nothing else feels better than preparing a celebration for both those who have made our year better and those we seldom see every day.
Part of the tradition is enjoying a holiday feast with these familiar faces. And when we began to feel the weight of the pandemic last year, most of us couldn’t imagine what Christmas would look like without the warm presence of the people we love gathered around the table. On top of that, more than one million Filipino families bore the brunt of Typhoon Ulysses in November 2020.
It was a "blue" Christmas for one of the happiest countries in the world. Yet, we've set up interactive Zoom parties and settled for drive-by visits.
