But, with the vaccine programme continuing apace and rates of infection still falling, we all hope it will not be long until local businesses can open their doors.
We asked you which shops and businesses you were most looking forward to returning to.
Here are 12 of the most popular Fife shops you chose.
1. Rejects
The famous Kirkcaldy store is the place most of you are looking forward to returning to. Top of Lorraine Fairful's shopping list is buttons and wool. Photo: Google Maps
2. Ernest Jones
Suzanne Hynd has a fairly important reason to visit the jewellers - she needs to get her engagement ring changed for the correct size after a surprise proposal at Christmas. Photo: Google Maps
3. TK Maxx
Louise Canny is looking forward to buying homeware at TK Maxx. Photo: Gareth Copley
4. Charles Clinkard
Cheryl Wilson is keen to take her 15-month-old son to a shoe shop to have his feet measured for the first time and to get a decent pair of shoes. Photo: Google Maps