I’m not ready for a little Christmas

Little Thanksgiving was strange but doable.  Little Christmas is going to be rough.  I've adopted the 100% secular American Christmas and so much has to do with family and friends.   Scaling that all the way down to the four people in our nuclear family bubble is going to suck.  I understand the need for little Christmas, but I'm not emotionally ready for it.

September 11, 2001 – 2,977 Dead

During the September 11 attacks of 2001, 2,977 people were killed, 19 hijackers committed murder–suicide, and more than 6,000 others were injured. The immediate deaths included 265 on the four planes (including the terrorists), 2,606 in the World Trade Center and in the surrounding area, and 125 at the Pentagon.
(CNN)There were 3,157 Covid-19 deaths reported Wednesday -- an all-time high for the pandemic -- and health care systems are struggling to support the weight of worsening impacts.