Thanksgiving 2020: Traditional celebrations or celebrating new traditions? đŚ
Whether you celebrate Thanksgiving or not, looking back and focusing on the positives of the year is something we should all try to find time for.
Now, weâd understand if you struggle to find something to be thankful for this year - but thatâs exactly why we should try. For us at Streetbees, we have a lot to be grateful for - our talented and passionate team, our growing community of bees, the investors who believe in our dream, and the brands who we partner with. Each one of you is dedicated to understanding human behaviour on a deeper level, and we couldnât be more thankful to have you on the journey with us.Â
For those who still need more inspiration, here are just a few of the great things that happened this year that we should all be thankful for:
đ A 103-year-old grandma beat COVID-19 and celebrated with a Bud Light.
Dilly dilly Jennie! She beat Coronavirus at 103 years old and celebrated with a beer like the legend she is. (đˇ: The Stejna family) pic.twitter.com/3KOCKmS9Pb
— E! News (@enews) May 28, 2020
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đ Crayola launched a box of crayons with diverse skin colors for children to âaccurately color themselves into the world.â
GOOD NEWS ALERT:
— Goodable (@Goodable) May 22, 2020
For the first time in its history, @Crayola has released a Colors of the World crayon set that includes 24 different skin tones.
Now every child can color themselves accurately, without feeling left out.#Humanity pic.twitter.com/jTRSnZEtBj
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đ NASA named its Washington, D.C. headquarters after Mary W. Jackson, its first Black female engineer.
Our headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first African-American female engineer at NASA. She started in @NASAaero research and later moved into the personnel field, working to ensure equal opportunity in hiring and promotion. pic.twitter.com/eMandeaMyv
— NASA (@NASA) June 24, 2020
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đ A 23-year-old British design graduate has invented a biodegradable material made from fish waste that could one day replace plastic in packaging.
Lucy Hughes @LHughes_Design made headlines for her plastic alternative made out of fish waste - MarinaTex.
— FAO (@FAO) January 20, 2020
đď¸ Listen to our podcast as the 24-year-old inventor takes us through the whole processđhttps://t.co/SnD8FitHDa #SaveOurOcean #plasticpollution #innovation pic.twitter.com/KOP69X8Pkj
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đ Kim Ng was named the first-ever female General Manager of a Major League Baseball Team
"There was no aspect of the game she wasnât familiar with."
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 18, 2020
Kim Ng, the first woman hired to run a major league team's baseball operations, proved herself for decades. Some of her peers say they canât think of a more qualified first-time general manager. https://t.co/aDnlevqP8n
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Thanksgiving 2020: whatâs different?
Our usual celebrations are all having to adapt to the current situation - including Thanksgiving. Here are some of the changes happening and the new traditions that could be coming our way:
Itâs about the give and take. With Thanksgiving celebrations likely to be smaller than usual, itâs created a question over whether the traditional home-cooked Turkey dinner is appropriate for the numbers. Over 1,000 restaurants (and growing!) across the US have launched âThanksgiving To Goâ menus as an alternative option for consumers. With the hospitality industry hit particularly hard by the pandemic, could this help save local favourites? Can we expect a similar offering for Christmas, especially as the number of cases in the US continue to rise?
No oneâs raining on this parade. The worldâs largest parade is having to take a different route this year - literally and figuratively. Instead of its usual 2 mile long journey, the Macyâs Thanksgiving Day Parade will only be one block long and rather than having 100 people to operate each balloon, Toro tractor vehicles will be towing them. Itâs not unusual for the parade to be watched on TV, but due to social distancing restrictions it will now be a âtelevision-only special presentationâ.  Since the 1920âs, the Macyâs Thanksgiving Day Parade has only been cancelled during World War II - and 2020 is no exception.
Black Friday goes green. Some retailers are planning on donating a proportion of profits made on Black Friday to charity, while others will raise awareness of important social causes. For example, Ellaâs Kitchen is donating all profits from its online shop taken between 27 and 30 November to Trees for Life. As the pressure for sustainable consumption increases, is now the perfect opportunity to reclaim Black Friday and turn it into something new?Â
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