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Now it is a certainty, what many feared has become reality: because festivity of Christmas in Italy will be colored in red alternating with orange. Holidays and days leading up to holidays will be colored red, while the rest will be orange.
Let’s try to better understand what can be done in Red days, which are: 24,25,26,27, December 31 and 1,2,3,5 and January 6
Can you leave the house with red?
Not red days, the rule is to stay home as long as possible. Unless there are reasons of work, health or need, including assistance to non-self-sufficient people. In this case, however, only one person is allowed to move. It will not be possible to get to second residences but it will be possible to return to one’s own home anytime. You will also be allowed to go shopping or go to mass or do physical activity, but always with self-certification.
Can I meet people and invite them to lunch?
Two more people can be invited to lunch in addition to those who live together, as well as children up to 14 years and people with disabilities. This repeal was designed to give family, boyfriends and friends the opportunity to get together over the holidays and the day before the holidays and spend Christmas and New Years together. Understanding that the curfew. Thus, a family can invite two acquaintances to their home who may come with children and non-self-sufficient people. However, it is clear that these meetings can only take place within regional borders and only once a day.
Will the bars and restaurants be open?
From December 24 to January 6, bars and restaurants will be closed and can only reopen after Befana. So let’s forget Christmas and New Year’s lunch in the restaurant, or even breakfasts, snacks and coffee to take comfortably at the table. It will only be allowed to take food to go or home delivery before 10 pm. The same applies to pastry shops and ice cream parlors. Only bars in motorway restaurants, stations and airports will be open.
Will the stores be able to open?
Grocery stores and supermarkets will always be open, except for Christmas and New Years. Retail stores, on the other hand, will have to lower the blind. With some exceptions present in the Dpcm, such as hairdressers, barbers, pharmacies and parapharmacies, kiosks, bookstores, florists, pet stores, laundries, toy stores and sportswear stores, hardware stores and tobacconists. Shopping centers and markets will be closed, except for the sale of food.
And now let’s move on to the days in the area. orange: December 28, 29, 30 and January 4
Will you be able to leave the house?
Yes, these days you can freely leave your home, as long as you stay within your municipality, or go to the closest one for basic needs that are not in ours. The only exception refers to municipalities with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants, who will be allowed to travel up to 30 kilometers but without being able to reach the provincial capitals. You will always be allowed to return to your own home. As well as moving for work, health or necessity. In both cases, self-certification will be necessary. But be careful to check the regional ordinances.
Is it possible to meet freely with family and friends?
Yes, there is no limit of meetings, only recommendations to avoid inviting people who are not living together to your house and in any case keep your distance and always wear a mask. Especially if there are elderly or frail people. However, we are only talking about recommendations that appeal to the common sense of the population. You will not need self-certification to leave home.
Will the bars and restaurants be open in orange?
No, absolutely nothing will change for bars, restaurants and patisseries. These are the last days when we can have lunch or breakfast sitting at the table. Locals who wish to can work only with from December 24 to carry out and home delivery, always before 10pm.
Stores open or closed?
In the orange zone, all stores can be reopened, with continuous and extended opening hours until 9:00 p.m., to avoid crowds for those who want to make their last purchases before Christmas Eve. Then it closes and reopens only on January 4, before a new change to red for the 5 and 6.
Are there fines for breaking the rules?
Yes, as reported in the last Dpcm, penalties can range from 400 to 1000 euros: “Violation of the provisions of this decree and those of Decree-Law December 2, 2020, n.158, is sanctioned in accordance with Article 4 of Decree-Law of March 25, 2020, n.19, converted , with modifications, by law May 22, 2020, n.35 “.
Will second homes be reached?
Yes, from December 21 to January 6 it will always be allowed to reach second homes, as long as they are located within your region. Returning home will always be feasible.
