Would you spend Xmas away from your kids?

I'd send them all and stay in bed. Surely that's what's best for everyone. Hopefully you get the time you need to rest and recuperate and don't pass it on to anyone else.

I was going to suggest this also but forgot to add to my comment 🙄🫣

Stay home and get well.
Yes it's shit not seeing the kids open their presents but there'll be other Xmases.
I'd get some favourite food and soft drinks and stay at home OP. Sleep as much as you can.
Make next year an extravaganza of all extravaganza's.

Hope you feel better soon x merry Christmas

Could you join them on a video call for opening presents?

This actually happened to me last year…but we always planned to have Christmas morning at home and then lunch at in-laws. And then this was to be followed by 5 days of various family visit and fun activities. I was ill but there was no way I would have let this ruin everyone else’s Christmas. Cancelling was not even an option. My DH took the kids without me.

I didn’t find it that miserable at all to be honest…I was ill and didn’t feel like celebrating anyway. I had the house to myself. I slept, cuddled with my cats, watched whatever I wanted on TV, pampered myself with some bath goodies my DD had put together for me, and my lovely friend even popped in to see me with a plate of Christmas dinner!

Thankfully, I felt well enough to join the celebrations by about the 27th or 28th so I didn’t miss everything. Meanwhile, my DH and DC had the wonderful fun Christmas that was planned and that made me happy.

I’m just at the tail end of recovery from the flu, it’s been dreadful. My ‘best’ day of recovery though was when my child and husband were out for the day and I could just do my own thing and sleep / rest / binge watch tv. It’s really hard trying to parent when unwell. It might do you the world of good to get a few days of rest and perhaps you could organise a fun catch up in January instead for you to see family?

Hope you’re on the mend soon xx

Stay home. I did tonight and missed a family get together.

Stay home. Let them go and appear to be fine with it. Rest, look after yourself and get well. You'll be ill wherever you are but there's no need to spread the illness or the misery.
Hope you perk up soon.

Stay at home and send them with love and the promise of a smashing day when they get back. I’ve just caught a miserable cold from a colleague. I will be past it by the 25th, but no one would’ve wanted me around in the state I was in on Dunday.

You can’t go. You will get other people sick.

if everyone else is vaccinated, it’s tricky. With that many points of contact, odds are high there is someone who is immune compromised. At the very least everyone needs to be informed about the known risk. Since your husband and children are in attendance, they may have to stay home.

I think that this really sucks for you OP and it’s a hard pill to swallow but I’d let them go. If you’re out of commission then apart from seeing them open their presents, I’m not sure what would be the point in them staying. This is of course me assuming that you can look after yourself and not NEED DH in order to survive the next week or so.

If you can barely move then you cannot go. I had the flu a few weeks ago. It was horrendous. In my family if someone is ill then they stay away.

Maybe hold back some presents the ones you were really looking forward to them opening ?

You should do right by the kids and your wider family by encouraging them to go and you stay at home. It’s gutting but can’t be helped. Going is very selfish. How would you feel if an older person got it from you and was very sick?

I do every other year because I co-parent. I would let them go so they don’t miss out. Can they come back sooner, after the waking up with other kids? So on Boxing Day?

You stay home and be ill at home get them to set you up and obviously return if you get worse..

I’d stay in bed and ask them to bring home leftovers

Stay home alone. It sounds relaxing to me. I'd be having to pretend to DH and DC I was more disappointed than I really was to save hurt feelings.

If it’s flu I’d rest. Are there any presents it would be ok for them to bring home and open with you after?

That's awful op , however I'd say let them go and get DH to.film.it

Sorry your unwell :(

Can you have Christmas morning as a family get up early, open presents and put a brave face for an hour ❤️

Then go back to bed, rest and let your Husband take the kids off for a few days whilst you recover,

feel better soon

It is crappy to be ill in bed when it’s Christmas. But to what extend would you be able to enjoy their company anyway?

Id let them go and stay at home. Can you join them a bit later in the course of the five days?

I am going to be without my kids at Christmas as I’m divorced and we alternate year on and off as it’s unfair to make the kids split Christmas Day. We take a week of the holidays each (this is by agreement and suits everyone even though I do not like my exh)

It is what it is. We will have a nice NY week, which is a “freer” and sometimes nicer week anyway.

It is 4 days. You might be feeling better by Christmas day. Can you join them going by taxi, public transport etc? It sucks I understand. My little one got sick yesterday and I am upset as I will not be able to take him to church tomorrow, but what can we do, is what it is. But I would say let them go tomorrow and then join them later if feeling better.

I would let children and husband go, yes.

My son is an adult, in his 20s. I didn’t want to potentially take a bug to my mum who is in her late 70s.

bugs and viruses pass so easily.