'For so many of our people we are their family, so we're still going to have a family Christmas this year and we are going to do it with more safety precautions than just about any other.'
eople are seen as Australian states Victoria and New South Wales reimplemented mask-wearing mandate for indoors places after rising number of COVID-19 casesVolunteers across Australia have set out to save Christmas for the homeless, poor and lonely, with lunch, gifts and love on offer.But for others, it is the loneliest day of the year.
There'll be a Christmas service, live music and a visit from Santa to compliment the picnic lunch served between 11.30am and 2pm. "They feel like it would be hollow to hold a Christmas celebration this year with an empty chair at the table," he said. Meals will also be delivered to 11 other locations across the city, and more than 4,500 Christmas hampers have been distributed to families that would otherwise put food on the table.Sacred Heart Mission in Melbourne has taken a similar approach and will serve a takeaway Christmas roast and pudding for up to 500 people from its front courtyard at 87 Grey Street in St Kilda.
"Our biggest challenge is, for people to come into the dining hall, they need to be double vaccinated. So we've got a lot of work to do to increase those numbers," Ms Humphrey said. Minutes before the Christmas Eve Mass started, Italy reported a second successive record daily tally of COVID-19 cases, with new infections hitting 50,599."Brothers and sisters, standing before the crib, we contemplate what is central, beyond all the lights and decorations, which are beautiful. We contemplate the child," he said in the homily of the Mass con-celebrated with more than 200 cardinals, bishops and priests.
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