View a past chat on this topic here: November 29, 2020.

Questions:

This #AutChat is on coping with holidays during the pandemic. Feel free to answer about any holidays, not just upcoming ones.

Holidays often involve both stress and good things – travel, routine changes, visiting family members, etc. But due to the pandemic, even these practices will be significantly different this year.

Q1: How has the pandemic affected your holiday plans? Were there annual traditions that weren’t possible to do? It is okay to talk about both past and upcoming holidays. #AutChat

Q2: Were you able to connect with others during the holidays through virtual means? What kinds of things did you do, or plan to do? #AutChat

Q3: Are some parts of changing holiday traditions especially difficult this year? What makes them difficult?

What kind of strategies or supports would make them easier? #AutChat

Q4: Are some parts of changing holiday traditions easier than normal this year? What makes them easier?

What kind of strategies or supports would make them better? #AutChat