How to visit Santa using the magic of Zoom, streaming video or even AI
Connie Chang, The Washington Post
Dec. 18, 2020
FacebookTwitterEmail When my 6-year-old realized we wouldn t be going to the mall this year to talk to Santa, he was really sad, says Liz Ranfeld, a mother of two in Indiana. But with covid infection rates rising in many parts of the country and at least one story of potential community exposure tied to a Santa photo op, Ranfeld knew she had to find a way to replicate the Santa Claus experience for her children while keeping her medically at-risk husband safe.
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Although the pandemic has sought to affect as many aspects of our lives as possible, we’ve also gotten pretty good at finding virtual workarounds for all the things we are missing out on including, now, visits with Santa.
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The last thing we want is for Santa or his helpers to be traveling the world with the purpose of allowing millions of children to sit on his lap and have close, face-to-face conversations. That doesn’t seem like something the CDC would approve of. But there are plenty of options for taking the annual chat online this year. Here are some to get you started.
It’s 10 days before Christmas, are you ready?
By Vickie Rhodehamel - Arcanum News for the week of December 14, 2020
It’s 10 days before Christmas. Seems impossible to believe that the most wonderful time of year will soon be here and then over. During this time, I often reflect on some of my favorite Christmas music, specifically carols and find it interesting where they come from, who authored them, when they were written.
As a church musician, there are some that are very old and sometimes not the most popular secular carols that we hear on the radio. One in particular that I played last Sunday goes like this “There’s a song in the air! There’s a star in the sky! There’s a mother’s deep prayer and a baby’s low cry! And the star rains its fire while the beautiful sing, For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a King!”