Because of Corona: lonely Christmas? First signs of a horror scenario - "You can also on December 28th ..."

Because of the partial lockdown in the coronavirus pandemic, there are first indications in Germany that Christmas and New Year's Eve 2020 will also be very different - more lonely and without major celebrations.

An analysis.

• Coronavirus pandemic

  * in Germany

  : The

  second corona wave

  *

  is omnipresent in Germany.

• Christmas Eve 2020, public holidays, New Year's Eve

  : In view of the

  Lockdown Light

  *

  , the fear of a lonely

  Christmas

  goes

  around without big family celebrations.

• An expert warns of hundreds of thousands of

  new corona infections

  only at

  Christmas

  .

  The first signs speak of a lonely festival this year.

Munich / Berlin -

spoke either of the "four cold months", of the "four winter months" or of the fact that the first half of March also had to be included.

Christmas 2020 without family?

Fears about lockdown light in the corona pandemic

When the German head of government established the

for the next four weeks in the

at the end of October

, it was clear that November was not the end of it.

The containment of

is ultimately even more difficult when it is no longer warm outside and people withdraw more into the premises, experts have been explaining in unison for months.

At the beginning of November, the 20,000 mark was finally

cracked

in daily

- and it was only about the registered cases.

Corona pandemic in Germany: what about Christmas and New Year 2020?

It was precisely in this mixed situation that the question arose: What about

and

?

Who does not know: WhatsApp groups are busy discussing alternatives for idyllic family celebrations and big breaks.

Lonely

?

A sober

?

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German Chancellor: Angela Merkel from the CDU.

© Kay Nietfeld / dpa

There is a lot to be said for it.

In other words, the first signs as of November 6th do not allow any other conclusions.

There are the statements made by

, which sound so cautious that it is almost politically suspect.

There are sentences from Germany's top nursing officer.

Christmas and New Year's Eve in the corona pandemic: "Also give presents later!"

"Different households could celebrate with each other on different days, so reduce contacts," said the federal government's care officer, Andreas Westerfellhaus, of the

(behind a payment barrier).

He suggested a

to “straighten out” the festival.

He himself canceled family celebrations, continued Westerfellhaus: “Unusual times require unusual measures.

You can also give presents on December 28th or even later! "

There are also warnings from Lars Schaade, Vice President of the

.

On November 3, the specialist in microbiology and infection epidemiology warned of

no less than

- should the applicable

not be observed in November.

Corona pandemic in Germany: skepticism about Christmas and New Year's Eve

And there are the estimates by

, the head of the Lower Saxony

.

"I am becoming more and more skeptical about what

will and will not work

at 

," said the SPD politician to the

and feared a Christmas as a "superspreading event".

Between

and

, between

and

, between Stuttgart and Düsseldorf, between

and

- everywhere in

, as of early November, you have to be prepared for a less festive

.

And also on a

.

Anything else would be a surprise - a real Christmas miracle.

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