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5 Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day: Socially Distanced Style
For a holiday built on celebrating all the different ways to love and be loved, Valentine’s Day may look a bit different this year—but that doesn’t mean it can’t still be meaningful! Here are a few ways to celebrate the holiday while keeping you and your loved ones safe—and keeping one another safe is perhaps the purest form of love you can show someone this year. ways to connect without physically connecting. Goo4. Virtual Spotify Date gle Arts and Culture has a Similarly to the watch-party plethora of virtual museum A classic way to spend Valfeatures on popular stream- tours, and two player escape entine’s Day is cuddling up rooms and board games ing services, Spotify has a and watching a movie with new feature that allows you can be found with a simple your loved ones. Lucky search. Whether through to create a group session in for us, that is still possible! which 2 or more people can a phone call, FaceTime, or Popular streaming services other video chat service, virtually sync their devices such as Netflix, Hulu, and these romantic things can to listen to the same music Amazon Prime have a builtbe enjoyed together—even at the same time. Make a in feature that allows you playlist of your favorite love when apart. to watch movies or series songs, join a group session with others—all virtually. with a loved one, and dance By Raven Halle Simply pick your favorite the night away alone, but romantic movie and send For more information on still together! 3. Organize a FaceTime the watch-party link to a The Flats Apartment Living Dinner Date loved one, and you will be in Downtown Avalon Park, 5. Virtual Museum Tours, able to watch and chat at the call 407-273-4337 or email Whether you order take-out Escape Rooms, and Board same time. There are also Info@TheFlatsAtAvalongames or cook a meal, plan a time third-party apps, such as Park.com. Discord and Kast, that allow with your significant other to have dinner together over Again, so many new you to stream and watch types of technologies have FaceTime. To amp this up with others. emerged during the paneven more, there are free demic, and like Netflix and 2. Snail-Mail Gift Exchange virtual cooking classes that Spotify, there are other can be found on Google! 1. Virtual Movie Watch Party
Exchanging gifts is a Valentine’s Day tradition and can continue to be one despite the pandemic. Take the time to pick or make something special, wrap it up, and send it to your loved ones via the mail. There are few things more delightful than the anticipation and unwrapping of a gift from a loved one, and the excitement will only build when you are waiting for something in the mail!