Zoom For The Holidays

 

Are people traveling to your house for the holidays during the Covid-19 pandemic? Are you doing medical testing or have a space for quarantining? Do you have another room at the table to safely space everyone out?

The ‘holidays’ are the times when we like to get together with family and friends, over indulge in food and drink, yell and holler and laugh out loud to each other.

Still you don’t want to have to quarantine your grandmother in the garage or make sure little Timmy doesn’t hug too many aunts and uncles. It will also be hard to hold your breathe for a long weekend.

Since we all have become techno-nerds with our online video face time, we could just have a BIG zoom holiday.

First, you don’t have to clean the house. Just what the camera will see. You can still wear your sweats but put that holiday ugly sweater over top.

Second, you don’t have to travel. Traveling is such a pain. Did you remember all the presents and food and change of clothing? Did you remember your toothbrush? Did your remember to put out enough food for Fluffy knowing full well when you get back home there will be many surprises waiting? Did you remember Timmy?

Traffic is always bad and high fuel prices are not going down for the holidays. Plus being cramped in the car for hours with your family can make anyone cranky. Just what everyone wants to open his or her home to: cranky guest.

Third, no matter what you bring or how much time you spend in the kitchen, these people are strangers in a foreign land and you (host and guest) need to adjust. You don’t even have to take a shower because they can’t smell you (or your personal bodily functions) through the screen.

Fourth, if any of your members get out of hand, you can mute them. They can’t throw a dinner roll at you.

Fifth, you can eat whatever you want. You can even sneak off screen and open that other bottle of wine without anyone knowing.

Sixth, there are fewer dishes to wash. You could have been eating delivery pizza and others are just seeing you chew and swallow. Don’t forget to throw away the boxes, they cannot be recycled.

Seventh, when everyone leaves the table you can turn off the screen, log out and retire to the couch for a snooze.