This COVID Christmas, Australians are turning to technology to keep traditions alive

For many, tomorrow’s COVID Christmas will be a time of muddling through video calls and figuring out ways to see friends and family who are stuck elsewhere.

Countries where many Australians have family are in lockdown, while several Australian states and territories have shut their borders to Sydneysiders.

But if 2020 has been a year of Zoom fatigue and internet burnout, it’s also been the year of the innovative technological workaround.

This year’s low-key Christmas miracle might be the wonder of a video call on a smudged laptop screen — and all the other ways we’re trying to stay connected.

Based in the UK, the small company Encore Musicians has been providing “musical messages” since the early days of the pandemic.

Often, they’re…