{"id":3767,"date":"2020-11-20T13:03:38","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T21:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/rather-than-canceling-holiday-plans-due-to-covid-19-modify-your-traditions\/"},"modified":"2023-11-19T12:43:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T20:43:11","slug":"rather-than-canceling-holiday-plans-due-to-covid-19-modify-your-traditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/rather-than-canceling-holiday-plans-due-to-covid-19-modify-your-traditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Rather than canceling holiday plans due to COVID-19, modify your traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Rather than canceling holiday plans due to COVID-19, modify your traditions<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Experts with the USC Center for the Changing Family, headquartered at USC Dornsife, offer five tips to make the most of your holidays during the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n

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(Originally posted at Dornsife<\/a>.)<\/h5>\n

The upcoming holidays are no time to let up on the health and safety practices that help protect people from COVID-19, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises against traveling for Thanksgiving. But rather than canceling holiday celebrations, a psychology professor at USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences suggests families and individuals celebrate safely. She and her colleagues have several tips.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore than any other time in recent history, a semblance of normalcy and a human connection is what so many people crave now,\u201d says Associate Professor of Psychology\u00a0Darby Saxbe<\/a>\u00a0and director of the\u00a0USC Center for the Changing Family<\/a>\u00a0based at USC Dornsife. \u201cEven during a pandemic, the upcoming holidays can offer that.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the CDC has published important\u00a0health and safety guidelines<\/a>\u00a0to improve safety for those who plan to celebrate in-person, experts with the Center for the Changing Family have five additional wellness tips.<\/p>\n