They had warned us that November would be a risky one, with families tempted to gather for Thanksgiving, then Christmas, and just forget, for a minute, this one terrible fact. Covid. But is it fact? So many Americans said no; even voted no. Fake News! Yet there it was. The 2020 U.S. Presidential election had just taken place 3 days earlier and the votes were in. So here we all were, on this glorious afternoon, from Japan, Italy, New York, Ecuador, masked and gathered at the far side of The Central Park Lake. Strangers smiling at each other from under our masks. And contemplating.