So are you glad you get to see your in-laws this Christmas then if it’s 3 households allowed to gather ?

[Lardlizard]

or were a lot of you hoping to avoid the mother in law lol

I'm looking forward to a mega quiet Christmas me. Just husband and the kids.

It does seem weird on here without the slew of Christmas inlaws threads though. Sad Christmas times on mumsnet

We normally spend Christmas at home, just the 4 of us. Will possibly have to break with that this year just because we would normally see family earlier in December or the week or so after Christmas and that probably won’t be possible this year...
I’m very glad to have the option to see people but also a bit sad that DC might not wake up at home on Christmas Day as they always have.

Ffs couldn’t Corona have given us anything good?

It's not the actual law to see people you don't want to at Christmas

@Summerstorms

It's not the actual law to see people you don't want to at Christmas

I know, some people really have an issue with saying ‘no sorry, that doesn’t work for us’.

It was our turn to have MIL to stay this year. It's a 200 mile trip and when we went to visit in the summer (stayed with other relatives) she didn't want us in her house and she would only meet up in a garden.

So it's highly unlikely that even if Boris gives a family Christmas the thumbs up that she will be coming. I'm fairly relieved. I want the DC to have a relationship with her as she is their Nana and they love her, but she is fairly self-obsessed and it's hard work hosting her.

We won’t be able to see either set of parents for Christmas because our schools are so riddled with covid that it wouldn’t be safe to see them only 7 days after schools break up.

And I suspect that new restrictions will be in place so that I won’t be able to see my parents 14 days after schools break up and it’s safer.

Boris has fucked Christmas through sheer incompetence. Pretending it’s not fucked and allowing more households to mix while schools are in the state they are in will result in more deaths.

@noblegiraffe

We won’t be able to see either set of parents for Christmas because our schools are so riddled with covid that it wouldn’t be safe to see them only 7 days after schools break up.

And I suspect that new restrictions will be in place so that I won’t be able to see my parents 14 days after schools break up and it’s safer.

Boris has fucked Christmas through sheer incompetence. Pretending it’s not fucked and allowing more households to mix while schools are in the state they are in will result in more deaths.

My stepmother is a teacher so we probably pose an equal risk to each other (my children are at school).

I will see my lovely (ex)inlaws at some point over Christmas and I've invited my partner's mum to lunch on Christmas day as she is also fab! I'm obviously blessed on the inlaw front 😁

@unicornparty

But it's a 3 household bubble isn't it. So if you bubble with your parents and your in laws then none of you can see anyone else (siblings, grandparents etc).

This.

It causes more problems than it solves for us.

But in answer to the OP, I am hoping NOT to see my in-laws!

We won’t be seeing any family at Christmas. I’m hoping for a few more Christmases and will have a quiet one this year, so that that is a possibility.

Mine are long gone. And to be honest, they were a burden so if they question stood, the answer would be a big fat no!

It’s not the law but I’d like to stay married and it’s his mum after all.

We have too many sets of parents and too many hatchets for them to bury to be able to see everyone, so we've plumped for one of my parents, who is on their own and is least likely to cause any bother.

To be honest, I'm glad our families are far flung and, even at the best of times, are unwilling to travel to see us.

Is it a 3 household bubble? I thought it hadn’t been decided yet.

IF it’s confirmed as that, it will be no change for us.

MIL is in a bubble with us and it’s her year with us anyway. FIL lives abroad. My DF’s DP is too vulnerable for us to see them.

@nosswith

Three households means some part of Mr Johnson's family cannot be with him at Christmas.

Well as his brother resigned as an MP in order to spend less time with his family I imagine it is a relief to some of them.

How does this new rule interact with the rule of six? So can I see 2 other household on Christmas Day (totalling 3) and then go out for a meal with a friend on Boxing Day as long as there are under 6 of us?

I would imagine a lot of people with siblings or partners with siblings will only be able to choose one side of the family so won’t be able to see the in laws even with these rules.

We can see my parents, but if my brother sees his wife’s parents and her sisters/families-they have ‘used up’ their household quota on Christmas Day and can’t see my parents on Boxing Day.

@ImPrincessAurora

How does this new rule interact with the rule of six? So can I see 2 other household on Christmas Day (totalling 3) and then go out for a meal with a friend on Boxing Day as long as there are under 6 of us?

No idea as none of the details have been announced yet, but the rule of 6 indoors is only relevant if you’re in tier 1 anyway.

I'm in bits, DH needs to confirm whether we see his Parents who also need to see his siblings family, or if we see my parents and don't see his parents.

So I am pinning my hopes on going back into tier 1 and it is irrelevant.

My parents are on the edge about coming over as they see us every year I've never had a Xmas away from them and I'm 42 they've been to us every year since I got pregnant with DD 12 years ago.

My brother won't see them at Xmas. So they will be home alone.

My dad's retired scientist in his 80s and I think there is no chance he will want to see anyone this Christmas unless it's outside. It's not safe just because Boris says so.

I don't mind seeing my MIL law in normal times although we don't have very much in common. However, as she's been travelling around London by bus to go shopping, even though she has everything she needs only around a 300m walk away, we won't be seeing her this Christmas.

We're sticking to just our household regardless of the rules. I'd love to see my mum and brother but we are too high a risk for my vulnerable mum.

I'm hoping for a big family get together at Easter or early summer. I'll wait until then to keep the people I love safe. MIL will be invited then as long as she's been sensible enough to have been vaccinated.

I don't have more than one other household to me up with.

One year DH and I were ill with chest infection ms so we stayed away from the big family Christmas to avoid infecting elderly members of the family. It was bliss as antibiotics had kicked in. It’s not that bad and only one year!