No, we won’t let coronavirus to take our holidays and special celebrations, not at all!

Cancelling our much-anticipated holidays every year is a truly heartbreaking feeling for many of us—it’s like taking away the most important part of our existence.

For the past months, the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way how we celebrate Mother’s Day, Holy Week, and other much-awaited celebrations. With the current state of the world, it’s nearly impossible to have normal holiday celebrations this year due to the inability to gather in large groups. 

But, with Filipinos’ aggressiveness when it comes to festive holiday celebrations—it’s not a question that we can absolutely keep up regardless of the harsh situation with this year’s holidays.

There will be new ways to celebrate it, and here are some of the easiest and safest tips for the upcoming holidays as we face the most uncertain chapter of our lives.

GO BIG ON HOLIDAY DECORATION

Obviously, this year’s holidays are the loneliest ones in a long while, but don’t let it take your grand celebration away. This coming Halloween and Christmas, pull out all your displays and decorations and make your house the colorful and brightest ever than you did before. This way, you can help yourself to still feel the excitement and spirit of these magical holidays at home.

Remember, this is only once a year, so make the most out of it this year!

(Read: Here’s what DIY Christmas decors to make for this year’s celebration)

THROW VIRTUAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION

With everyone goes online, this is the safest and most feasible way to celebrate with your family, friends, and loved ones this holiday season.

Thanks to the internet, no one can stop our celebrations as we try to adopt this new normal set-up, well, the happiness can’t be at its peak ‘cause we’ll only see them on screens but, try to be thankful for this opportunity for everyone’s sake and be safe from the virus as we wait for the good old days of holiday festivities.

HOLIDAY PARTY WITH FAMILY AT HOME

Folks, isn’t it the best gift ever yet—to be with them in time of uncertainty is already a huge blessing to be grateful, many have realized that they lost a lot of time spent since the pandemic struck the world.

This holiday season, to give it a ‘spice’, try to make holiday parties with your loved ones with fun games and exciting activities as what you do with other during previous celebrations, this way, you guys are not just spending your time cherishing your moments together but also strengthening your bond as a family.

Always remember, you guys could never go wrong with the family, they got you back!

SHARE GIFTS AND BLESSINGS IN THE SAFEST WAY

Whether if its food, gift, or any treats, don’t forget the true spirit of the holiday season, but, this time it would be different, you need to take care of yourself to free it from the virus.

To share treats this holiday season, you can actually do some ways to prepare your annual gift-giving and food sharing. This Halloween, you can dangle treats (candies, chocolates, and tokens) just outside your house for the neighborhood who will pass by it.

For Christmas food sharing, you can have it delivered through food delivery apps to your loved ones who wish to have some of your holiday cuisines.

There are a lot of ways to safely celebrate holidays this year, but, as humans who naturally trained to adapt the way of life, whatever it brings we will strive and thrive.

With these new simple ways to celebrate upcoming holidays, now it’s your turn to share with us your ideas for a safe holiday celebration!