COVID-19 restrictions forced them to have quieter than usual holiday celebrations.Freddie Gelleny explains that a drive-in church service made her holiday experience seem more complete, despite not being able to see her mother or daughter.
Kitchener asks residents to leave holiday lighting up through January “Christmas Eve doesn’t start for me until we go to service,” she explained. “So that was probably a real highlight, like to still be able to do that.”Gelleny adds she found herself playing lots of crib and spending more time at Henderson Lake and in the river bottom.Others, like Amanda McGaffin and Irwin Bergen, say getting a new dog over the summer kept them busy through quieter periods this winter.