The infection rates are growing exponentially and the new more infectious strain is moving so fast that even when hunkering down at home it almost feels inevitable that this will hit many more of us. I spent 90 minutes outside with family today to exchange our gifts. Who knew that in lieu of a typical holiday at our house we would consult and decide to meet midway between our houses at a take-out Chinese fast food restaurant for a meal (eaten in three vehicles parked beside each other so we could talk through the windows) then open our gifts in the parking lot. I "played Santa" and carried parcels between the vehicles and handed them in the windows. Certainly a holiday one would never have envisioned even a year ago.