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Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Many families want to celebrate Christmas together and visit their relatives. To reduce the threat of corona infections, North Rhine-Westphalia Prime Minister Armin Laschet is proposing extended winter holidays for his country. In exchange, the days off for Carnival could be skipped.
North Rhine-Westphalia Prime Minister Armin Laschet has brought an extension to the winter school holidays in the most populous state due to the crown pandemic and, in return, two fewer days without classes at carnival. This is a “conceivable possibility,” Laschet said on WDR television as he considered starting winter break two days early.
Specifically, this would mean that these would not start on December 23, but on Monday, December 21. The state government will discuss this with the associations, Laschet said. The background of the considerations is that people should limit their contacts as much as possible before Christmas so that there are no infections in family celebrations at Christmas. “But that doesn’t provide any security either,” Laschet emphasized.
Under state government plans, the two additional winter holidays could be pulled from Carnival. Normally NRW students do not have lessons around Rose Monday. The Education Ministry is considering this alternative solution, Laschet said. “Because one thing is clear: there will be no carnival next year.” And you really shouldn’t go on a skiing vacation during that time, he added.
