Dr. Anthony Fauci on Monday shifted his position on whether Americans should gather for Christmas. Fauci, the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Sunday that he wasn’t sure yet when asked if Americans could get together for the winter holiday. “It’s just too soon to tell,” he said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” About 24 hours later, Fauci changed his position, claiming his remarks were misinterpreted. “I said ‘we don’t know’ because we’ve seen slopes that went down and then came back up. The best way to assure that we’ll be in good shape as we get into the winter would be to get more and more people vaccinated. That was misinterpreted as my saying we can’t spend Christmas with our families, which was absolutely not the case,” Fauci said on CNN. “I will be spending Christmas with my family. I encourage people, particularly the …