New Year's Eve Safety Tips During The Pandemic

2020 is coming to a close, we all know that 2020 was a year full of unexpected challenges, hardships, and stress because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some fun and creative ways to mark the end of 2020 at home. Enjoy some of these new traditions.

Plan a New Year's party for the people you live with

The safest way to celebrate the new year is to celebrate at home with the people who live with you or virtually with friends and family. Staying home is the best way to protect yourself and others.

Have a virtual party

• Attend a virtual concert or performance.

• Plan a virtual countdown to midnight with friends.

• Enjoy a virtual dinner or dessert with friends and family.

Watch celebrations on TV or online.

Watch a live-streamed firework display, concert, First Night event, or other New Year’s programming from your home, such as the Times Square New Year’s Eve ball drop.

Reach out to family, friends, and neighbors

• Call, text, or leave voicemails for friends and family wishing them a happy new year.

• Plan a neighborhood countdown to midnight. Neighbors can go outside and cheer from the front of their homes.

  
  

Don't worry, this will probably be the last time health experts beg you to hunker down for New Year's Eve. With effective vaccines arriving, we'll be in a much better position by the middle of next year, and we can have a much happier New Year's 2022.