This week we asked families across the Bronx how they will be spending the holiday season.

I’m having family over and I’m doing the cooking for the first time. I’m the big mom hosting.  Family from Jamaica is coming, some family from Guyana is coming. And whoever else are nearby.  And we’re just going to celebrate that way.
Shauna Lee
Morris Park

Be with my family.  Spend time with them and get a bunch of presents for my son.  I got a newborn.
“Snackz”
Norwood

I’ll probably be spending time with a few close friends and staying safe.  And just feeling thankful and grateful for what we have and very happy about that.
Robert Sullivan
Fordham

My plans are to stay home and chill but I also have a special event that I’m heading to this weekend on the 22nd in Baltimore, Maryland. I’m judging a newcomer, new faces pageant, so that’s also part of my holiday plans.
Gary Ariel Washington
Longwood

My plans for the holidays are I’m going to visit my granddaughter in Baltimore, so I’m spending a week with her. She recently moved to Baltimore…so this is going to be the first Christmas that she’s going to be away from the family so I want to go over there so that way she won’t be alone for the holidays. And, of course, I’ll be having a lot of fun with my great-grandchildren, her children. So it’s going to be a wonderful time.
Dilletta Piña
Norwood

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