Though many would have spent Christmas in 2020 celebrating with friends or attending Christmas eve services with the community, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed all that. Those who would have spent money and time shopping at malls, have stayed back at home and perhaps saved some money. However, prices have shot up as people’s income has dwindled. Who would have ever thought that during a thriving economy, and a world that was becoming increasingly engaged and interrelated, things would come to a grinding halt? Fighting this global pandemic has become a worldwide, shared challenge. The pandemic might not go away in a hurry but the experience during 2020 should make people wiser. As historians say, “those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.” Fear of COVID-19 has definitely changed lifestyles. The habits COVID has given us should last long. Earlier, a person who doesn’t even wash his hands after coming back to home now takes a bath before even touching anything of the house. If people have failed to learn from the challenge of the global pandemic, then they are likely to find themselves unprepared when new problems arise. In less than a year since the virus emerged, the pandemic has changed how we work, learn and interact as social distancing guidelines have led to a more virtual existence, both personally and professionally. In the current pandemic, as normal life and activities have almost grounded to a halt, life has indeed taken a virtual form. Online classes, online conferences, online shopping, online medical consultations etc are the imprints of the new normal. From lifestyle changes to better eating habits, people are using this time to get healthier in many areas. After COVID-19 pandemic, students search new interests for themselves such as hobbies like paintings and music and many other things. Also, parents who were busy in their whole day and sleep without having a conversation at night are now getting more time to spend with each other. Many are also feeling overwhelmed by the constant, sometimes shifting and conflicting flow of information around the virus and the pandemic. The pandemic has narrowed choices and made people aware that even the most advanced nations can be brought down on their knees, helpless and vulnerable while expecting that a vaccine will appear soon. However the news that the virus(COVID-19) has mutated- earlier reported in Malaysia in August 2020 that is far more infectious was detected from two Covid-19 clusters in Malaysia, according to health authorities. Next in December a mutant of the virus was first spotted in the UK before similar but distinct variants were seen in South Africa. This mutated virus continued to spread to more parts of the world with Germany, Switzerland and Japan saying they have identified their first cases. Perhaps, more than anything else, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought a realisation that people can no longer think they can choose what they want or need to do. As people “shelter in place,” engage in “social distancing,” and try to adjust, they all want to return to the old lives. But, it would be a shame if at the end of this crisis, if people simply went “back to normal.” With the situation now changed, people will have no choice but to adjust to them or else fall by the way side.