One of the most looked forward to things of college students is breaks as they allow you to completely step away from you classes and as stated in the name take a break. Winter break is the second longest break behind summer and many go home or on vacation for the holiday season but what is to happen and how will COVID change these holiday normalcys.
This year the University confirmed that winter break will now be just under 2 months long making it an extremely long time. The reason for the increase in length is because they cut all of the other breaks for both semesters to limit the amount of times people will be traveling and coming back to campus to help keep COVID on campus in check. This brings up the question of what to do during break. My family has had a trip planned for 2 years now to go to Hawaii for two weeks over Christmas and we at this moment still plan on going. COVID happening in the middle of it has made this an interesting situation as we now have to get a negative test three days before our flight and have actually invested in travel insurance because if anyone in my family tests positive (accurate or not) it could put the whole trip in jeopardy. We will also have to wear a mask for an entire 10 hour flight there and back and follow all of Hawaii's rules as the resorts have been know to kick out those who do not follow all of these guidelines. Overall, winter break is definitely going to be interesting for everyone.
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