Christmas in the ICU: Decorations, lights and many tears Doctors and nurses caring for the sickest COVID-19 patients are doing what they can to get through the holidaysOPELIKA, Ala. -- A Christmas tree stands outside the intensive care room where a man stricken by COVID-19 lies unconscious, a machine breathing for him. The medical center about 60 miles northeast of Montgomery faces a new influx of COVID-19 patients as the pandemic intensifies. That means staff members can hang decorations on patients' doors in the ICU but cannot attend after-work Christmas parties. A huge Christmas tree stands near downtown boutiques, salons and restaurants where hundreds of residents crowded together for a holiday program last weekend. The veteran nurse oversees COVID-19 patients on a floor that has been decorated for Christmas with strings of white lights and stockings.

Source: ABC News December 22, 2020 16:11 UTC