Will you go to family at Christmas?

My badminton club couldn't fit in a get together for Christmas one year due to everyone having prior engagements so we had Christmas in February! The hosts decorated their house just as though it was Christmas and we had dinner and pulled crackers and played silly games - it was brilliant!
I'm going to suggest to my family that we meet up outside somewhere to exchange gifts for Christmas day, then designate a weekend - say in May/June - when I will put up all the decorations again and do the feasting and games etc and have an un-Christmas Christmas!

Well said Olivia 53.

grandmakath the rule is three households , not three per day. You cannot swap bubbles on different days, I'd save your celebration for zoom or next year.

To clarify, we're about 10 miles from DD, the rest of his family are 100+ miles away.

Nope.
Silly to spoil all that sacrifice, being shut down for so long. I might see my daughter and her toddler, I look after him when she has to go to the hospital.
My SIL may decide if they can't see his mother, who is vulnerable, then DD and family can't come here. If DD & family get together with other members of his family it's all off. There's too much chance of infection.
What a bugger

I did post earlier in this thread about our family arrangements well they obviously been chatting amongst themselves as it’s now been agreed they aren’t going to get together at all each having Christmas in their own homes maybe all go for a walk outdoors together on Boxing Day weather allowing. It’s for the best I’m sure.

No, we will be having Christmas on our own. The virus thrives on human contact so will wait for a vaccine before we start mixing with anyone.

Our children & their families live 250 miles away and we have only seen them once since last Christmas when we met them outdoors for an afternoon. We sadly won't be travelling to see them, and they won't be travelling to see us as they work & go to school, and we both have some underlying conditions for our age. We don't think its worth the risk and are going to target Easter as a something to aim for. Better to have some patience and get rid of this disease.

Just the 3,of us which has been our bubble all of the time! Not prepared to compromise our safety! I can do Christmas any time to be honest! Got this far so am not going to change things now !

You don’t. Ignore these stupid rules made up by civil servants!

Quite concrrned about all mixing when we have isolated all year and so close to a vaccine. Daughter wants to come to us Boxing Day with Grandchildren, but they will have been with her ex's family (& extended family) the day before, and everyone hugging. Each one of those will have been mixing with others. How can I tell them, and not see our daughter and Grandchildren. Very worrying.

No, not this year. We would have been travelling 200 miles; there would have been 3 households, 6 adults and 2 young children, and my SIL does a marvellous traditional Christmas but we've all talked about it and decided no. We will, if all is okay, meet for a big celebration at Easter. Meanwhile, presents will be sent by post and opened over Zoom. Have given up so much this year that I don't intend to take any unnecessary risks when vaccines are finally on the horizon.

Beside being such a terrible year for everybody, 2020 is also the year my beloved husband passed away in June so I am on my own . I have a wonderful family who I will be seeing over the Christmas period as I need there support especially the first year without my husband . I think it’s up to everyone to make there own decision on what they will do or won’t do as we are all in different circumstances

A few years ago, we held another Christmas day on 25th June with Christmas tree, dinner, carols, lights, crackers. We advised neighbours in case they thought we had lost the plot
We will do the same in 2021, when we can all hopefully get together

I will be seeing my daughter, son in law, grandson and my elder son who is single. . I look after my grandson two days a week so see him anyway and I don't want my son to be on his own this Christmas as he lives alone the rest of the year and will not even be able to go to Church as things stand.

My younger son is currently in Thailand taking a gap year in his 40s as his industry is not able to work at the moment but fortunately he has property which gives him an income. He hopes to come home next May or earlier if things pick up with work.

Virus gone!!!!! News to me.

Just my sister & I at Xmas. My friends have always came before Xmas for drinks& nibbles so we can exchange gifts, but I've said it's not happening this year. I'll leave their presents on their doorstep. It's only one year of change, we can go back to normal hopefully next year.

We are described as being extremely clinically vulnerable. We have both had Covid- way back in March/April- my family have all had Covid . We shall go to my son in London for Christmas Day. Maybe my daughter and partner will come- both had Covid. My younger son will be at home with his family of six- sadly we will not see them but will look forward to a big reunion when all the fuss is over.

Kevincharley, I have relatives who work in the NHS, some in intensive care, they tell me that it’s nothing as bad as other years when the Hospitals are overwhelmed with Flu patients and operations are cancelled
There are no more deaths as in previous years, we just didn’t hear about them
There is a lot more to this than a virus, why do you think they can’t wait to vaccinate us all, especially the elderly and the weak.
Plus the Pharmaceutical companies are not taking responsibility when the vaccine has nasty side effects, but they’re raking in the money
The flu vaccine took years to perfect, this has been rushed out in weeks.

During the first lockdown we all stood outside clapping our NHS staff and it made us feel so good didn't it. Well, that was the easy bit. Many key workers won't have a Xmas so it's time we REALLY supported them by being grown up and doing our bit to control this awful virus. The average life expectancy is around 80 so surely giving up one Xmas out of 80 is not too much to ask in order to save lives.

So BlackSheep46, it is “eat, drink and be merry” in your household?
Good for you!
Just remember that phrase ends “for tomorrow you may die”.

No way. We’ve lasted out so long, we will wait for the vaccine.

I agree with most of you. We have done so well and thd vaccine isn't far away so let's hold on and stay safe to ensure we all see many more Christmases. It's a small price to pay & zoom means we can at least share in the grandchildren opening their gifts. We are going to try some games over zoom in the evening. Hopefully we'll all be able to get together in early Spring.

kevincharley

Olive53 The reason the government is permitting this is because they know fine well it's going to happen anyway. Maybe you haven't had personal experience of Covid19? Come and do my job in the NHS and maybe you'll change your mind.

And the reason it’s going to happen anyway is that the Government has failed to lead.

Yes