Building a Better Bay Area: The New Way to Holiday

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Halloween without trick or treaters, Thanksgiving without travel, Black Friday without crowds, and December without company parties.

COVID-19 will certainly change this year's cheer, but there are easy ways to have a healthy holiday season, if you know how.

Learn what the upcoming holiday season might mean for your family and how you can celebrate safely in ABC7's Building a Better Bay Area: The New Way to Holiday week.

Monday - Health

• Health experts criticize California's COVID-19 testing capacity ahead of holidays
• Expert shares tips for managing holiday stress during pandemic
• South Bay homes create COVID-19 safe Halloween displays for families to visit instead of trick-or-treating

Tuesday - Economy

• Survey shows good, bad news for San Francisco's holiday shopping season
• Traveling for the holidays? Here's 7 tips to get you there safely
• Despite COVID-19, travelers booking trips for something to look forward to
• Here's what holiday travel will look like at Oakland airport amid COVID-19 pandemic

Wednesday- Education

• Here's how Bay Area teachers celebrate holidays during distance learning
• 'Terribly concerned': Why college students coming home for holidays could bring spike in COVID-19 cases

Thursday - Changing Workplace

• Santa visits get a pandemic makeover in person and online - for a safer, more inclusive Christmas
• Holiday ice rinks fall victim to COVID-19 pandemic
• Bay Area charities cautiously restart volunteer programs in time for the holidays
• Virtual activities replace lavish office holiday parties amid pandemic, but promise interactive fun
• Here's how retailers are changing their approach to Black Friday this year

Friday - Race and Social Justice

• Catering companies struggling during pandemic get creative for holidays
• COVID-19 deaths among Latinos remembered in Day of the Dead celebrations across the Bay Area
• How San Francisco's Chinatown is planning to lure locals back for the holidays

RELATED HOLIDAY STORIES AND VIDEOS:

• California releases guidance for celebrating Halloween during pandemic
• California suggests outdoor holiday gatherings with people from 3 households or less

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