Client: New York Times

Article: “Holidays Must Look Different This Year : https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/opinion/coronavirus-holiday-travel-thanksgiving.html

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The concept was to show the idea of negative emotions due to the holidays being different this year because of COVID-19. In addition, as you can see in the final art the male kid is upset that he can’t visit Santa’s Workshop because he has to practice social distancing. Santa and his elf give the boy a present and when the kid opens it he finds a box of masks. The kid starts crying and Santa and the elf make fun of him.