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title: Tips for Celebrating Turkey Day and Shopping Safely
description: Sure, all you want to do is gather...especially after months of being socially distant. Remember that we need to continue to be diligent to help slow the spread of COVID-19, even during the Thanksgiving Holiday.
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# [Tips for Celebrating Turkey Day and Shopping Safely](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tips-for-celebrating-turkey-day-and-shopping-safely)

 Written by [NW AHEC](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/author/nw-ahec) | Nov 16, 2020 1:12:00 PM

**NCDHHS [released new guidance](https://www.ncdhhs.gov/news/press-releases/ncdhhs-releases-new-guidance-thanksgiving-celebrations-black-friday-shopping) for Thanksgiving celebrations and Black Friday shopping to help North Carolinians gauge the risks, protect their friends and loved ones, and slow the spread of COVID-19.**

**Here are a few tips to keep your family safe during Thanksgiving:**

- Limit travel
- Limit physical contact with people who do not live in your household
- Practice the 3 W's - Wear a face covering, keep 6 feet of social distancing, wash your hands
- Have a COVID-19 screening test if you plan to attend family gatherings
- Encourage your guests to limit contact with people outside of their households for 14 days prior to gathering
- If anyone is showing symptoms, ask them to stay home
- Clean and disinfect commonly touched surfaces
- Keep the guest list small
- Set up a Zoom virtual event for guests to attend (especially those at higher risk)
- Host outdoors if possible - or provide well ventilated space by opening windows and doors
- Arrange tables and chairs to allow for social distancing between guests
- Limit people in the kitchen
- Identify one person to serve the food so that multiple people are not handling the utensils
- Use single-use options like salad dressings, condiments so that people are not handling the items (or identify one person to serve sharable items)

**Here are a few tips to keep your family safe during Black Friday Shopping:**

- Use online shopping or curbside pick-up instead of in-person shopping
- Check store hours and go at off-times, so there are fewer people in the store
- Check to see if the store has special hours for people with high risk for illness
- Wear a face mask and bring hand sanitizer
- Practice the 3 W's - Wear a face covering, keep 6 feet of social distancing, wash your hands
- Use hand sanitizer before you enter the store and when you exit. Wash hands when you return home for at least 20 seconds.
- Have a list of items to limit browsing, do not unnecessarily touch multiple items
- Use touchless payment methods
- Avoid shopping in stores that attract crowds
- Avoid shopping with a non-household member

 

**STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON!**

 

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