Christmas in March: Folks are putting up lights while quarantined at home

With the dark cloud coronavirus has cast, people are spreading some light and cheer with Christmas lights

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In one of the darkest times of our country’s modern history, people are seeking to shed a little light by digging in their basements for Christmas cheer.

According to numerous social media posts, many Americans are putting up Christmas lights and trees to relieve some of the morose thoughts that have entered psyche while being sequestered due to the coronavirus pandemic.

As of Thursday afternoon, there are more than 10,000 cases of coronavirus across the country and at least 150 deaths.

Many folks on Twitter have said their children and their own need for a bit of amusement and joy led them to decorating their home for December in March. Here are a few of the light shows springing up across the country amid the coronavirus crisis: