In light of Omicron, how are you doing Christmas this year?

Mr P is due to have major surgery on the 23rd, started isolation for 2 weeks today, so, a very quiet Christmas for us. Family too far away but I will be doing zoom meetings on the day. Still not sure if visiting DH will be allowed, fingers crossed that we will celebrate when DH comes home. Even if things were " normal" our family are still not sure about getting together, another year of wait & see how things pan out, I'd rather be safe than sorry. Best wishes to all who are having health problems. Hope 2022 will be better for all us.

In theory itsy us plus DD, GD & GS, but I was a shielder and though we haven't heard anything to the effect that we need to go back to shielding I'm half expecting that we will!

The same as usual - me and the dogs. Actually, the number of dogs has increased by 100% on last year but that's the only change. It's always a joyful day.

Not changing anything ....althiough might be forced to change my New Year visit to Switzerland ...have to wait and see if they will let me in !

Well, at the moment the need to quarantine has been removed ... Where are you off to?

Normal family Christmas for us. Us, grown up children and their partners. I won't be changing my plans.

We are visiting family and delivering presents for the DGC. Then returning home for Xmas on our own. New Year family will visit us. This virus will run its course regardless of masks, lockdowns, vaccines etc. It will just burn itself out eventually so life must go on. Just look at other countries with more restrictions but still high infection rates.
All my family are double vaccinated and we have had boosters.
DGD has recovered well from covid so all good

We will be celebrating Christmas with the family 10 of us

We have all agreed to take lateral flow tests first

We going to Tenerife for Christmas (Hopefully) I have never been aboard at Christmas time and we are so looking forward to it,
We ain't stupid to start clubbing or partying and we won't be going anywhere where it's over crowded. But if it doesn't happen we will still enjoy our self no matter what.

rosie1959

I think it highly unlikely families will have any restrictions of the Christmas period and even if there are I suspect many will ignore them
We have all battled with this over the last year and a half most of us are double vaccinated if not tripled there comes a point where we have to get on with life
I see my family regularly every week several times what difference does Christmas make We are adults and can make our own choices

I tend to agree with you.
In any case, all this ‘I won’t follow what Number Ten now says’ stuff is silly, forget about a staff party a year ago, or Cummings testing his driving, and do what seems safe and sensible for yourself and your own circumstances.
If we are well, and the family are well then we will meet up over Christmas for meals together.

Just the two of us. Not risking getting it again. I've tried to socially distance right through. It makes it difficult when a lot of, very selfish in my opinion, people don't give a damn.
Karma.

I shall be going to DD1 to stay on Christmas Eve as I have done for the last 12 years, she is a single parent and is generally working on Christmas Eve. My parents will join us on Christmas Day before lunch, so 4 generations aged from 10 up to 86. My parents are joining us for the first time this year, my aunt, who spent every Christmas at parents for about 35 years passed away suddenly on Christmas Eve last year (not Covid related) and mum is going to find it very difficult this year - I know my parents were relieved when my daughter invited them. All bar the 10 year old have been vaccinated daughter double jabbed, myself and parents double and booster. As I am an admin for District Nurses I have to wear a mask at work, our office is set to be socially distanced and we all have to test regularly. Everyone will test before the day set for a wonderful family Christmas, we will of course toast my much loved and missed aunt who was always the heart and soul of any family gatherings.

My husband and I are double vaccinated and both of us got our boosters within the past two weeks. We are traveling from the U.S. to the U.K. to celebrate with our son, DIL and granddaughter. We will follow all COVID restrictions and protocols and practice social distancing when we are out and about.

Normal family Christmas would be 7 households including retail workers teacher student hairdresser or folk with lots of contact with multiple random people at work so it's home just the two of us I'm quite happy not to be a houseguest for several nights and having to be super sociable 15 hours a day

Not changing though my husband pulled out of a meeting this a.m. because one of the participants had been in contact with a Covid sufferer. We didn't want to risk our pregnant granddaughter or the babies in the family. The rest of the people thought we were over reacting but better safe than sorry I think.

I decided not to go to a large event for volunteers of a large organisation last Sunday in a big city in the Midlands. I now hear that two people who sat at the table I would have been at have tested positive.

DH went to work at one of his clients last Thursday, the following day the woman he sat next to tested positive as have several other employees. He has tested every day since and is still resoundingly negative. He has had three vaccinations whereas the positive ones are very young and have therefore only had 2. None have more than a sniffle.

I really don't think people will be flinging their doors and windows open every hour (as advised) do you? I'll leave some windows open, and turn the heating up, but we don't want to freeze.

If I flung the doors open at any time the dogs would escape and as I have 2 extra pooches coming for Christmas Day chaos would ensue. We will open the windows if it gets too warm as usual.

I open the windows first thing in the morning and then in the afternoon before the heating comes on. When I’m at work, we have windows open all the time (but I’m not paying for the heating there!

Hetty58

I really don't think people will be flinging their doors and windows open every hour (as advised) do you? I'll leave some windows open, and turn the heating up, but we don't want to freeze.

I hope we all get woolly jumpers and those big cosy slippers for Christmas presents. Maybe a hat and scarf too.

Keep thinking of my lovely Mum when I tried to blame someone else as an excuse for my foolish behaviour. 'And if ??? stuck her hand in the fire, would you do the same?'.

That’s a phrase I remember!

I shall do what we had booked to do last year before being plunged into lockdown at the eleventh hour. Fingers crossed we’ll be at a lovely hotel in north Norfolk for three days. Eating lovely food and strolling along the beautiful beach.