Safely Hosting Friends and Family in Your Backyard

Here are some great articles featuring tips for being safe this Holiday Season without having to stay away from your extended family.

• Innovative Holiday and Winter Gatherings in the Time of COVID-19

• How to Minimize COVID Risk and Enjoy the Holidays

• Have safer outdoor gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic

• Holiday gatherings in 2020: Health experts provide tips to safely navigate the holidays during a pandemic

• How to safely — and graciously — host friends and family as the weather gets colder

• Thanksgiving and COVID-19

Some great tips gathered from the articles above include:

1. Outdoors is still better than indoors
2. Mask up
3. Take precautions before gathering to limit risk
4. Testing before attending
5. Keep it smaller