Lot of chatter going on this morning in news circles, political gossip, and social media....over the topic of no celebrations allowed (possibly) for Silvester (German term for 31 December evening).
In a typical city, like Hamburg or Koln....folks would be going out, consuming beer/wine, firing off fireworks, and engaging with friends in public places. Around midnight, a vast number of rockets would be fired off and celebrations going on to 2 to 4 AM. The older generation would do the at-home TV business, and step outside to fire off fireworks at midnight, and be in bed by 1 AM.
So the gossip going on right now....by Wednesday night....the expectation is that either the 16 states, or the federal government itself....will issue the Covid-ban rule that celebrating will be out on the 31st, and fireworks cancelled.
Nothing happening, period? Well...I don't exactly see the general public going along with this govenrnment proclamation. Just me guessing, but in a city like Berlin....there's likely to be 400k-plus people in the streets, still drinking and carousing with people without the social distance business.
Fireworks? If the grocery stores aren't allowed to receive the goods ordered....there's zero fireworks in public hands. That part might be cancelled out.
But across Germany, I would imagine 20-percent of the general public will still be in the public party-atmosphere, and the police will be busy detaining people for Covid ban-rules. It won't be a pretty mess to contain.
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