It’s a little early in the year to be thinking about major subplots of 2021, but surely one is whether the festering insanity of the Trump years will give way to the competent assurance we are all hoping for out of our new president. Wait — you haven’t gotten the memo on President-elect Biden? Funny that.

If we’re all going to be honest with ourselves, there’s no denying the sadness in leafing through the pages of this newspaper and seeing photos of everyone wearing masks over their faces.

Let’s keep this simple, and let’s keep people safe: Thanksgiving is upon us, and painful as the thought may be, it can’t be a holiday the same as any other.