Ah, the holidays…They creep up on me every year. It feels like it was just New Year’s Eve, then COVID swept over the Earth making each month feel surreal and blurry. Now, here we are wrapping up the year and facing the holidays once more. Only this year not only feels different—it is different. What normally is a stressful, and potentially lonely time of year is further compounded by social distancing and the lack of holiday festivities. Great. Now what? Now we learn to liste

When this year kicked off in our little town square in Gettysburg there was excitement in air. A band was playing on a built-up stage as people danced and sang and held onto one another for both warmth and connection as the clock inched closer to midnight. The countdown began and as midnight struck the fireworks lit up the sky. Couples shared a New Year’s kiss, kids shouted and cheered, and collectively we all rang in the New Year together in our little town square. Towns acr