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Pass the hand sanitizer and the laughs. Twitter is already celebrating new COVID-19 traditions for Thanksgiving and we are feeling thankful.
A tweet from late-night host Jimmy Fallon got the trend rolling. “It's Hashtags time! Tweet a Thanksgiving tradition updated for 2020 and tag it with #NewThanksgivingTraditions. Could be on the show!”
Then Fallon offered a tweet of his own: “The turkey now pardons the president. #NewThanksgivingTraditions.”
Among the traditions served up by the coronavirus Thanksgiving crowd: Tell your racist uncle you're getting together on Zoom this year then mute him. And this year Dr. Fauci will headline the Macy’s parade instead of Santa to hand out face masks and vaccines.
© Andrew Lipovsky/NBCU Photo Bank Jimmy Fallon is doing his show from his children's playroom with his wife working the camera (an iPhone).Zoom's gift for Thanksgiving: No time limits on family video get-togethers
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The off-the-cuff humor comes after a long stretch of pandemic-induced deprivation. The U.S. has reported more than 11.1 million cases and more than 246,800 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Now social distancing and other COVID-19 restrictions are threatening Thanksgiving plans just when we need the comfort of holiday meals with far-flung family and friends the most.
A little good humor went a long way on Twitter. Bill Bradley put it this way: “At least listing ‘Things we're thankful for’ this year will go pretty fast.'
We agree to never have ham that looks like COVID again... #NewThanksgivingTraditionspic.twitter.com/EL3rdbauXk
— Ryan Bartholomee (@RyanBartholomee) November 16, 2020Instead of roast turkey, serve Wild Turkey. pic.twitter.com/hzFi14BONt
— Nathan Robson #42 Black/female/LGBTQ lives matter! (@NathanMisao) November 16, 2020Instead of Santa at the end of the Macy’s parade, it’s Dr Fauci in PPE throwing out vaccines and masks. #NewThanksgivingTraditions
— Savannah Eaton (@savannahbeaton) November 16, 2020#NewThanksgivingTraditions Tell your racist uncle you're getting together on Zoom this year. Then mute him.
— Richard Hine (@richardhine) November 16, 2020This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Jimmy Fallon has Twitter serving up new Thanksgiving traditions for the coronavirus pandemic and we are thankful
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but they're 30. #DescribeAMovieBadly.'The State of Israel also tried their hand. Although incorrectly, they poked a little fun at it after the fact.'This one is from @Israel, this is actually the State of Israel's official Twitter account. So they played the game,' Fallon said. 'Israel is watching. Hello and thank you for playing.'Let's help them out on this because I don't understand this one, I think it's a show or a movie. Like an Israeli show,' he said. 'So, I don't really know if this is funny or not. But, let's laugh at it.'Their submission was: 'Fauda meets Edward Scissorhands, meets Jimmy Fallon Twitter
Westside Story.'The movie the account attempted to describe was You Don't Mess with the Zohan, however, they left off the movie title which through Fallon off.'If you really want to #DescribeAMovieBadly, don't include the name of the movie in your tweet,' the State of Israel wrote on Twitter. 'For those of you still in suspense, the movie was Don't Mess with the Zohan. Thanks for the shoutout @jimmyfallon!'Jimmy Fallon Twitter Video