What if, with this great accelerator that is the Covid-19, it happened to New Year’s wishes what happened to the wind: a disappearance put on the account of the pandemic which we would accommodate ourselves very well? The flood of cards on cardboard had dried up over the years. The decline had started with the silent SMS at midnight, the under 50s who did not see the point. Two years of pandemic have dealt the death blow to tradition. How could we wish each other anything? “Between the Covid and politics, the year will once again be rotten”, considers an entrepreneur who will not risk sending a greeting card: “We are lacking a bit of perspective on 2022.”
“Courage and sharing”
Be explicit about our lack of hope (“Let’s dare these wishes”) makes you uncomfortable. At the beginning of January, in this film distribution company, we caught up with the boxes ready to be sent for international customers. No, we weren’t going to wish “A great year”, even less one “Amazing year”, as per usual. It is embarrassing to show too much euphoria; we finally opted for “Healthy and prosperous” (“A healthy and prosperous year”). Organizational consultant, Sylvie wanted “A bright and joyful year” to its customers. For 2022, it seemed more appropriate than wishing them “success in all [leurs] projects ”. More likely, too. New formulas, type “Courage and Sharing”, sound better than one ” Happy New Year, to your good health ” oddly moved.
“I wish you a Happy New Year and as many antibodies as possible. Because we must remain positive and also avoid being so ”
“And health, above all! “ Not talking about it makes you uncomfortable. Insisting on it, even joking about it, makes you uncomfortable. The mutual manager who sent: “I wish you a Happy New Year and as many antibodies as possible. Because we must remain positive and also avoid being so ” has not received any responses to date. Promising yourself that everything will be better in 2022 is not possible. The blow of “Soon happy days”, Macron has done this twice already, not to mention his depressing: “Maybe the year the epidemic came out. “ Impossible, too, to wish each other a year “Better than the previous one” (it’s New Year 2021). “To a new beginning”, wishes Flying Blue in its best wishes to its members, starting with: “Even if the future remains uncertain. “ We want to add: “Even if we will never take the plane again. “ Wishes that contain the words “even if” or “despite”, it weighs down the atmosphere, we still prefer not to receive them. “They wished me ‘a no worse year’, I thought that was good”, says Sylvain, employee of an NGO.
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