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This Thanksgiving has the potential to be the weirdest ever since many of us will celebrate via Zoom. In ordinary years, I spend Thanksgiving week with my family in Minneapolis quietly judging them for things I don’t like about myself.
This year, Dr. Anthony Fauci has urged all of us to skip the travel and in-person holiday altogether to keep it from becoming a super-spreader event. I haven’t revered someone who exclusively delivers bad news this much since my last therapist quit on me.
Fauci’s message may not be what any of us want to hear, but we can still revel in a subtext: Science is back. Thanks to Zoom, Thanksgiving is back too. Just when I thought I had the perfect “Get Out of Holiday Free” card, I miscalculated my faux sadness and ended up with a “Virtual T’Gives” evite in my inbox.
Previous evites that elicited the same groan were for a dog’s 11th birthday party and a gender-reveal laser light show. But we’re all just trying to make the best of our celebrations. Think of this as your guide to a successful Zoom Thanksgiving. This has the potential to be the weirdest Thanksgiving ever since family […]
