With the holidays approaching, close contact with family, friends and coworkers is inevitable, but try to remain at an arms length. Handshaking, hugging and high-fiving can easily transmit disease-carrying germs from one person to another, which can then be transmitted to you and every other person or object you come in contact with, too. Instead of engaging in physical contact, flash a smile, give small wave and explain that you don't want to get others, or yourself, sick.
