Transfers, lunches with relatives, lunches at the restaurant: what can be done and what not on the holidays that await us
Rules, doubts, questions, protests: more than the previous ones, the Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers of 3 December, nicknamed Dpcm Christmas, has raised quite a few discussions. In fact, there is the Christmas: the opportunity or not of shops to stay open to sell some gifts, the possibility of restaurants to welcome guests or not during holidays, the desire, feasible or not, to celebrate this anniversary with our loved ones. According to the content of the Dpcm, so what can we do and what not? We are all trying to understand better and, especially with regard to the highlight days of the holidays, Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year, we are waiting to see if, between now and 25 December, something can change.
Travel prohibited
Regarding travel, the Dpcm, valid from 4 December 2020 to 15 January 2021, says that throughout the national territory I'm travel prohibited (except for those for proven work needs, situations of need or for health reasons) from 10pm to 5am the next day. For New Year the curfew time widens from 10pm on December 31st 2020 to 7am on January 1st 2021.
The 25, 26 December 2020 and 1 January 2021, throughout the country, in addition to the time limit, there will also be the territorial one (as already happens in the red and orange areas): in these days it is any movement between municipalities is prohibited, except those motivated by proven work needs or situations of necessity or for health reasons.
Can we celebrate at home with relatives?
The ban on moving between municipalities is intended above all to avoid reunions between relatives and friends who do not live in the same house on holidays. In fact, the Dpcm reads: «… with regard to private homes, it is strongly recommended to not to receive people other than cohabitants, except for work needs or situations of necessity and urgency ".
Can I go to a restaurant at Christmas?
The rules for the restaurants provide that in the yellow zone activities can stay open from 5 to 18, while after 6 pm the consumption of food and drinks in public places and open to the public is prohibited. The consumption at the table, it is specified, is allowed for a maximum of four people per table, unless they are all cohabitants.
So if I live in one yellow zone I can go for lunch at the restaurant, also to Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year, but only with my cohabitants or at most three other non cohabitants.
In orange and red zoneinstead, the restaurants will continue to be closed, even on holidays, but you can order take-away or at home. In fact, catering with home delivery is always permitted in compliance with the hygiene and health regulations for both packaging and transport activities, as well as catering with take-away up to 10 pm, with a ban on consumption on site or nearby.
New Year's Eve at the hotel? Dinner in the room
As for the catering in hotels it is always allowed for guests without time limits, with one exception: from 6 pm on 31 December 2020 until 7 am on 1 January 2021 is only allowed with room service. So if I stay in a hotel on New Year's Eve, I can have dinner, but I can enjoy it exclusively in my room and not in the hotel restaurant.
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