Religious events and Santa Claus may have to adapt to restrictions, but TV could be a unifying force
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Whether the term evokes warm images of carol singers and roaring fires or alcohol-fuelled family rows, it was a “normal Christmas” that Boris Johnson said was at stake when announcing the latest measures to combat the coronavirus.
Reiterating the need for hand washing, social distancing and masks, the prime minister said: “All that basic stuff is essential if we’re going to come out of this and allow people to have anything like a normal Christmas.”