Well That’s Christmas Cancelled For Us

All our plans are finished as DD has covid and is very ill. We were going to stay with her and visit family. We will travel there and see them through the window or back garden. Dropping presents outside so DGC can pick them up is all we can do. Will stay with DS3 probably only for 1 night.
Please everyone take care and avoid crowded places. DD thinks she caught it at the theater pantomime even though she wore a mask. Only time she went out in a week.

sazz1

All our plans are finished as DD has covid and is very ill. We were going to stay with her and visit family. We will travel there and see them through the window or back garden. Dropping presents outside so DGC can pick them up is all we can do. Will stay with DS3 probably only for 1 night.
Please everyone take care and avoid crowded places. DD thinks she caught it at the theater pantomime even though she wore a mask. Only time she went out in a week.

and good wishes to your DD for a quick recovery.

My son was also very ill a few month back, but when the worst was over, he recovered quite quickly.

wildswan16

Christmas cannot be cancelled. Christmas is a day to spend as you wish - for many it is a day for church and God, for others it is for spending time with family, for others it is for over-indulging and opening unwanted presents.

Wherever you are, whoever you are with - it can be celebrated. Of course some of us can't be where we would prefer to be. But life doesn't always give us that. Just give thanks for what we have - which is a lot better than many in this world have.

What a beautiful post ♥️

Thank you Dickens for the flowers xxx

Dickens

Judging by the the majority of comments on this thread, the country would be in a much better place if it was run by GN'ers.

People making the best of it, trying to be careful - being mindful of others... above all, being sensible. Not moaning or groaning, just being practical, pragmatic and thoughtful.

Hear hear! I hope you get to spend lots of time with your son

I hope you have a lovely time with your son Dickens.?

GillT57 and Germanshepherdsmum

... thank you both for your wishes!

And, if it's not too early, I wish you both a Happy (as possible) and peaceful Christmas.

MayBeMore I wrote what I wrote in the context of someone who should have been with us but was unavoidable detained elsewhere. It did not even occur to me that, in that context anyone would think it might include those who had sadly died.

This is the problem isn't it? People taking things out of context and thereby changing the meaning

This is the problem isn't it? People taking things out of context and thereby changing the meaning
I am sure that was not how you meant it, but it highlights the danger of generalising and laying what you say open to misrepresentation. Although to say it can be done belittles those of us for whom there was and perhaps is no alternative.

Thank you very much Dickens. And the same to you and yours.

MaybeMaw at risk of something or other; this thread reminds me of my ‘StopMoaning’ thread from last Christmas

FannyCornforth

MaybeMaw at risk of something or other; this thread reminds me of my ‘StopMoaning’ thread from last Christmas

Ah, thank you Maw xx

We're home alone for Christmas, we live in the North family in the South. So all meetings are cancelled.
It will be Facetime again to see the GC opening presents.
We'll all enjoy it and enjoy seeing their little faces. My quite old GD is still a believer.

I too hope you have a lovely Christmas Dickens your post was indeed poignant.

Common sense in spades from you as ever EV. ??

BREAKING NEWS

"Covid: No new restrictions for now but 'we reserve possibility to take further action', says Johnson" (ITV)

"Announcing the outcome of the meeting, Mr Johnson said: "In view of the balance of risks and uncertainties, particularly around the infection and hospitalisation rate of Omicron - how many people does Omicron put into hospital and some other uncertainties to do with severity and booster effectiveness and so on - we agreed that we should keep the data from now on under constant review, keep following it hour by hour.

"Unfortunately I will say to people we will have to reserve the possibility of taking further action to protect the public and protect public health, protect the NHS.

"We won't hesitate to take that action."

I understand the need to check the data on a regular basis... but it does leave a lot of people in limbo.

But I think most GN'ers will do what they think is sensible to protect themselves and their families, and others. Regardless.

I just worry about all the 'refuseniks' (for want of a better word) who will simply throw caution to the wind and party like mad, gathering in large numbers in pubs and clubs...

Everybody seem to be positive or have a positive family member at the moment. When it happened to us back in August, we felt like lepers as we didn’t hear of many others back then.
Agree this ‘watching hour by hour’ leaves many people in limbo. Lovely words from Wildswan.

There is nothing anyone says or writes that cannot be totally misinterpreted if someone else chooses to take it out of a very clear context that makes its real meaning abundantly clear.

Ah, well, that seems to be the current fashion so I should be delighted that someone has now done it to me.

It is not what you say/write it is how someone chooses to misinterprete it.

Well my view is see your families if you want to at Christmas and in 2022 as many times as you can, yes by all means take precautions if you need to, but none of us are getting any younger and we might not see another Christmas the way the world is going at the moment, so cherish the time you spend with your family.

Son in law positive, daughter neg LFT but has the same symptoms as her husband and several friends who are positive. She’s off for a PCR test at our drive in.
The guidance says their children can be in school and given her negative tests over 5 days, she can work, shop etc. They’re being sensible, isolating to protect others,
Oh for sensible guidance from the government

Urmstongran

I too hope you have a lovely Christmas Dickens your post was indeed poignant.

Common sense in spades from you as ever EV. ??

... thank you Urmstongran - appreciate your comment!

He's here tomorrow - virus free - and I can't wait!

I hope you have a good Christmas - a happy, and peaceful one!

As of yet my plans are all going as planned for Friday but not packing suitcase until Thursday and I’ve a turkey in freezer just incase I don’t get to travel to spend Christmas with my son and daughter inlaw and granddaughters in Manchester and then heading home Monday and hopefully travelling to Newcastle on new year’s evening for my grandson birthday following day and going home on the Sunday but will test myself before leave and when get home from both sons.

DiL down south tested positive yesterday am. Ds and GS had drive through PCR too, both negative result in afternoons. Gs feeling a bit under the weather come evening LFT taken showed as positive. DS took test in evening, positive too. The PC R test is supposed to be highly accurate yet 8 hours later LFT shows different result. Nightmare. Can any of these tests be relied on.

My son and his family were coming to me for Christmas for the first time since DH died but GD and DIL have now tested positive for Covid. Are we ever going to be able to live with this? Obviously people do die from it, but they die from flu and we don't shut the whole country down. The NHS is at the point of being overwhelmed, but with an aging population we need to have an NHS that is fit for purpose. We have the most amazing doctors, nurses and healthcare worked but not nearly enough of them. This problem can't be solved overnight but it has to be solved if we have any hope of any sort of normal life in the future.

We did Christmas last Saturday with ourselves and our two children's families. We all tested beforehand.
It was lovely to be able to see them all and our grandchildren will still have the joy of Christmas Day with their parents , presents etc on the correct date.
We decided it was better to go early with it than risk not seeing our daughter's family who live a good three hours drive away, so we have not seen them for quite a while. Luckily our son and his family live about 12 miles away so it is easier to see them.
I am aware of my good fortune. A dear friend is very ill and another had her husband drop dead this year completely unexpectedly. They are both in my thoughts and prayers every day.