From the perspective of Thanksgiving 2021, we can now openly acknowledge the truth we grinned and tried to ignore last year: Thanksgiving 2020 sucked.
Yes, a lot of us worried about elderly or immunocompromised relatives and tried to act responsibly. Many of us canceled our usual big family gatherings and made the safer choice to gather through Zoom or Skype or some other video-conferencing service, but it was a miserably subpar substitute for the traditional in-person celebration and meal. Yet another day and night with screens reminded us, as if any reminder were needed, of how much the pandemic had disrupted our lives, distanced us from friends and family, canceled parties, holidays, vacations, trips to restaurants and the movies — a whole slew of the things that make life worth living. Human beings were not meant to live their lives virtually, watching Netflix and eating delivery food night after night.
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