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My Christmas in quarantine: a Covid carvery, Santa patrols and paper bag decorations – The Guardian
Escaping the UK to spend Christmas alone in a New Zealand Novotel was a small price to pay to rejoin my family in relative freedom

On my third day of quarantine, a nice nurse gave to me: a swab up my nasal cavity. It also happened to be Christmas.
Along with nearly 6,000 other returning New Zealanders, I was spending the festive period in quarantine at a government-managed hotel.
As a dual citizen, I had started planning my escape from London in early November, eventually managing to line up flights and a spot in isolation for two weeks from 22 December.
Spending Christmas and New Years Eve alone was a small price to pay to…
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