There’s no doubt that the holidays will be very different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
With cases surging in Massachusetts, state officials and public health experts are urging people to be vigilant with masking and social distancing measures, to stay home as much as possible, and limit their in-person celebrations to just within their households.
That means no jam-packed crowds of customers can flood local bookstores the week before Christmas this year; efforts to prevent transmission of COVID-19 don’t allow aisles of books to be crammed with people searching for that last-minute, perfect read for a friend or loved one.