Christmas 2020: It’s All About the Zoom

This holiday season was different for many reasons. Those of you who had planned to travel were stuck at home. If you wanted to have a big party, you were only going to be limited to a few people. Or you were going to have learn how to throw a party virtually.

I took advantage of the virtual platform known as Zoom and attended a few holiday gatherings myself. I attended four Christmas parties and I have Zoom to thank for that.

On December 17, I attended a joint Christmas party with the McKeesport and Penn Hills chapters. We heard a few speeches, played games, and sang songs. I also crushed it on the trivia that night, answering almost every question right.

The following Monday, I took in the Cranberry High Noon Christmas party. The word of the day was ‘festive’; the theme of the meeting was “Two Truths & A Lie”. We had to get the club to guess the one thing about us that wasn’t true. For me, I had the misfortune of making my question too easy to answer.

The next night at South Hills, we rocked our Christmas colors and had everyone laughing with our holiday swag. We also discussed our holiday traditions. The day before Christmas wasn’t a virtual meeting, but I stopped at Trendy to pick up a gift from Juliet to give to my co-workers for Christmas. I also had my picture taken with Team Trendy. They loved the picture when I gave it to them a week later.

The Gaffron Christmas party would have to be done virtually this time. My family had some experience with the platform. It turned out to be a success. We ate our cookies, rocked our bluelights, and whose Christmas tree that was. The virtual Gaffron Christmas party lasted a little bit over an hour. I even explained to my family what Trendy Bunny was. Liz and Olivia’s bluelight glasses reminded me of Trendy because Lacey always wears them. They do help out when you sit in front of a computer screen all the time.

Your plans may have been interrupted this year and you might have had to take it easy. But maybe a quiet Christmas is needed sometime in order to reflect. This was a crazy year after all.

Here’s to a Happy Healthy 2021. Wear a mask 😷, wash 🧼 your hands, and stay safe.

Bye everyone. ❤️ you.