8 Good Thing About a Remote Thanksgiving

I work in public relations. I can spin anything. Even so, a remote Thanksgiving is a tough sell.

There’s no way around the simple fact that our country’s losing battle against COVID-19 is changing my favorite holiday of the year. Yeah, it sucks that our government failed, and we are advised to not see our families. But with vaccines on the way, and a new administration poised to finally take the virus seriously, we should be confident this will be one-time-only remote Thanksgiving.

See? It’s not so bad. I can spin this. If you have older or at-risk family members, a remote Thanksgiving is a no-brainer. Skip one Thanksgiving with the promise of decades more? Easy.

With that in mind, let’s spin this into a positive. A remote Thanksgiving won’t be so bad…

No Holiday Travel

Is there anything worse than traveling for Thanksgiving? Living in D.C. with family on the east coast has turned the Wednesday before Thanksgiving into one of the worst days of the year, which we put up with because Thanksgiving is one of the best.

This year, forget about it. No endless traffic jams. No being stuck in crowded airport terminals or on overflowing train platforms. No dealing with obnoxious travelers. No fighting with your spouse or your child or your dog because…