With Covid dampening the festivities, many people are spending the holidays in quarantine. We’d love to hear your stories of celebrating a solitary Christmas

While most people across Australia are preparing to celebrate crushing the Covid-19 curve by hosting relatively normal Christmases this year, there are plenty that will spend Friday alone – those in lockdown or enforced isolation.

Emytha Taihutu never expected to be in Australia for Christmas, but after her partner’s medical condition made it impossible for him to return to Bali, she made the trip to look after him. Now she must spend Christmas Day alone in a Sydney hotel room.

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