Well That’s Christmas Cancelled For Us

I am isolating as I have tested positive and will have to spend Christmas Day on my own. To top it all off my brand new central heating boiler has just broken down! Feel like crying but am now just looking forward to Boxing Day when I can join my family. Counting my blessings that I have a home and food.

pigsmayfly ?

I was due to have all 3 of my grown up children and their families here last weekend. My eldest emigrates with wife and 3 grandsons in 2 weeks. My very elderly Dad tested positive for Covid so we cancelled. 4 days later and I’m positive. We are all triple jabbed. It’s horrible. Exhausting, nasty cough. My best friend died last week. All I want for Xmas this year is for my DH, Dad and myself to be on the mend. And to be allowed to give my eldest a hug before he flies.

80% plus of those in hospital with COVID are unvaccinated. A hospital consultant said that on R4 this morning.

So providing you exclude all unvaccinated people from your festivities, and, if you are extra cautious those who have only had one jab or had the second in the last week, then you should be able to safely go ahead as planned.

I am looking forward to Christmas with my DS and partner, BUT, fully aware it may not happen as they live over the border. All will be doing lateral flow tests on Christmas morning and unless travel restrictions are imposed then there will just be the four of us, no more. I am prepared to stay at home if this is what is required, we have no intentions of being amongst large gatherings, this won’t be happening for a long time I feel. This is something we just have to run with for as long as it takes. Happy Christmas everyone where ever you are.

I can sympathise with those who set great store by Christmas, but it seems to me that if a lockdown is necessary, it would be better to have it earlier, rather than let the virus rip, and then have to have a longer lockdown immediately afterwards.
We certainly won’t have a relaxed, carefree Christmas with this hanging over us.

Joesoap

Dickens I really hope your Son will be able to come to you,and when he does, enjoy every minute of his company he will love yours.
I am sure you will spend a Happy Christmas together.Sending virtual flowers and hugs.

That is so kind of you - thank you!

He will be here tomorrow!

Dickens I really hope your Son will be able to come to you,and when he does, enjoy every minute of his company he will love yours.
I am sure you will spend a Happy Christmas together.Sending virtual flowers and hugs.

Twig14

Sadly yes I have been affected since July 2019 when my DS were last over here in the UK. He works in Tokyo Japan closed their borders and I honestly feel it will be summer 2022 when I see them again. All due to Covid. Christmas again will be very quiet as friends who were coming feel it’s safer for them to stay home n not get the virus. Incidentally today Tokyo a city of 14 million have registered just 7 Covid cases.

That is amazing statistics. Our scientists/Gov should be asking the Japanese how this is achieved. Sorry your son can’t be with you though.

It’s not how we want it to be and we just have to make Christmas celebration the very best we can. Put on you best frock, make it an uplifting day. Christmas music playing in the background. A smile is catching so smile all day. Look at the positive even if it’s not an ideal situation.
Merry Christmas and keep safe xx

I would've liked to go to my church for the Christmas eve service and the Christmas day service, but alas both cancelled. Our DIL and GS both have Covid so that's another plan cancelled. Just waiting for our DD and her family to go down with it now! Looks like it'll just be me and Mr R for Christmas day once again. However I realise how lucky we are to be able to have this time together when so many people are alone in this world. God bless.

Indeed Groundhog day... again! would not have believed I am here again making a new batch of facemasks... My husband's family always gather up in one on the houses in turn on the morning. Last year they met up in a local park. I thought to do some flasks of Gluhwein to jolly things along?

Our visit to our only child, DD and her partner, is cancelled as she has Covid and self-isolating. But she had been considering, as had we, whether travelling to see than in London was wise, given that the omicron variant seems rampant there, so in the end, almost a relief that the decision was made for us. Initial reaction was, I can’t face putting up trimmings here, but am now about to bring last year’s Christmas tree in from the garden and myself and DH will have a quiet day on our own, open our presents to each other (I bought mine from him) and go for a nice walk after lunch if fine. Their presents will just have to sit in a box till we next see them (it was August last year, and some of the choccies were past their sell-by date)

According to the recent BMJ (British medical journal) Omicron causes the same symptoms as a cold. - I won't worry!

I am SO sorry for everyone who will not get the Christmas they wanted and hoped for - for the second year in a row. I think or Christmas Day with oldest daughter and her partner will be OK but I daren't presume. And as for our visit to second daughter and her family on 27th/28th and the family party on 29th, in-laws to us on 30th, I think they are very vulnerable to the coming restrictions. We've already lost the niece and family from America who were coming the weekend just gone by but had to go straight to their final destination. But really, we just have to suck it up, don't we? Cling on to hopes that we will all be able to have the Christmases we want at some point in the future.

Sorry if I'm joining this late. I had Christmas planned with my eldest daughter and family coming to stay from Singapore (so I don't see them often), plus my youngest daughter and her husband were joining us. So looking forward to seeing them all, seven in total. Eldest daughter had to cancel last week, youngest daughter cancelled this morning - all for covid reasons.

While I'm deeply upset and now will be alone on Christmas Day I agree with all the other GNs who say we have to make the best of it. There are so many people worse off than me, and I find all the comments on Gransnet a real source of wisdom! Uplifting.

Lots of good wishes to all of you facing all these various challenges.

Somehow, we will all get through this

To this OP and re Irish wedding couple I’d quote the WHO Chief
” ‘An event cancelled is better than a life cancelled”

Lovely uplifting message.

Oh SillyNanny I feel for you, I’m not in your circumstances at the moment, as I have my HD, otherwise with family abroad and nobody else nearby, my life would be just as lonely. Big (virtual) hug.

Last Christmas my husband came down with COVID on the 20th December, so the lovely family Christmas we had planned went out of the window. He wasn’t at all well, so he spent most of the festive period in bed. It was disappointing, but we have used it to remind ourselves of what we do have ?

it is only one day in the year. If Charles Dickens had written a different ending to A Christmas Carol none of us would celebrate in the way we do.

My son's lateral flow test yesterday showed positive and he is now waiting for the results of the PCR test. This has well scuppered his Xmas plans. He and his girlfriend (whose LFT was negative) had both booked this week off from work to enjoy Xmas activities with friends and just spend time together. Now he is very glum at being apart from her. We are trying to stay away from him, but the 3 of us live in a small house with all facilities shared so that's difficult and demoralising for him as well. Blasted virus, just sick of what it is doing to people's lives.

That's, as the song goes, 'Is life' and there will be many for whatever reason will not be able to spend xmas with loved ones. .

I am going to be on my own over Christmas.... my choice.

My son was going to pick me up and drive me down to my daughter's, 2 hours away, but I have just told him that I don't feel safe to go and now he is disappointed and upset. I have yet to tell my daughter.

I have not been in an enclosed indoor setting with 5 other people since before the pandemic. Last Christmas we celebrated in my garden on Christmas morning.

My granddaughter is home from university in London and has been out partying with her local friends and boyfriend, and I don't want to stop her doing all the typical teenage things, but she has only just had her 2nd vax and grandson has only had his 1st.

I would rather postpone seeing them until the Omicron peak has passed and I can really enjoy their company without stressing.

So I will be on here over Christmas to "chat" to anyone else who's on their own.

Dickens, I so hope it all works out well for you and you can enjoy good times with your son. Take care and best wishes.