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

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

I’m very happy that we will be able to spend some time on Christmas Day with my lovely PIL and BIL. That being said we will be doing it differently this year to reduce as much as possible the risk of giving virus to each other, should one of us have it asymptotically.
Weather permitting (please weather gifs) we will spend the late afternoon and evening outside socially distanced around a fire pit. Turkey and stuffing baps, sausage rolls, hot mince pies and lots of mulled wine with amaretto. Then we are going to camp in the garden and have bacon rolls outside on Boxing Day morning. I’m actually really looking forward to chucking the usual traditions out the window for a year.

Weather gods not gifs ffs

There's nothing on the BBC news item yet which says it's a bubble. I suspect it will be though.
We've agreed to have Christmas at home but hopefully will see parents and in laws separately for a walk o a cup of tea and slice of cake. But if it's a bubble the in laws will need to consid r BIL and family.

Joy of Joys I am not seeing mine...infact forgive me for saying this but I have had a cure for covid all along...send it to my inlaws ,they are that boring and mean the virus would pack its own bags and piss off back to wuhan after encounting them....awful people and I am glad I am sparing myself this year...

Nah. DH has many, more local siblings and MIL is too frail to risk it with our germ ridden DC. He might go up alone and see her outside from a distance but it's 2.5 hours one way so it's finding a safe pit stop too.

I work in hospitality and presuming we're not in tier 3 we will be working
Also with all those travelling from areas they shouldn't and mixing with everyone, apparently covid doesn't transmit when you're on holiday !

I dont really understand it - if my 'bubble' was me & dd, ex-dp, and my parents (on different days), does this allow my parents to also have a different bubble of them, me/dd, and my sisters family? And then my sister's bubble to be her family, our parents, and another family? Or if my parents want to see me, and my sisters family, does this then prevent me seeing ex-DP?

It would suit me if there was no mixing of households this year. I get on well with my IL’s, but they are very sociable, always out and I suspect stretching the rules. I think they’re more likely to pass covid to us than the other way round. They’re not worried about catching it themselves and will want to see their GC’s. It could be a problem for us. I’m trying to avoid the subject until we know what’s what.

@theliverpoolone

I dont really understand it - if my 'bubble' was me & dd, ex-dp, and my parents (on different days), does this allow my parents to also have a different bubble of them, me/dd, and my sisters family? And then my sister's bubble to be her family, our parents, and another family? Or if my parents want to see me, and my sisters family, does this then prevent me seeing ex-DP?

As i understand it if you see DD, ex DP, and your parents, even in different days then thats all, all 3 sets of people can see over the 5 days or whatever its going to be. Im sure i read it says you cant see any one else even on seperate occasions.

So we'll be seeing my PIL in the afternoon, they will visit SIL and her family in the morning and thats it. None of us can see anyone else.

I'd wish that shops could be closed over the period, so at least contacts with others outside the three households are reduced.

Yep, wished we hadn't has the option.
And Boris must know that people won't stick to three households. Everyone at my workplace is talking about spending a few hours at their mums with nan and aunts/uncles before going to the inlays for more of the same. At least 7 households per coworker, I think.

I can see my parents and my brother/his children on Christmas Day as we usually would but not see my lovely in-laws, DH's siblings, my nephews on boxing day.

I'm not sure what we will do in reality. My Dad is vulnerable so I don't know if it feels safe anyway. We've already had Covid but who knows if we have enough immunity to protect my Dad from risk.

DH doesn't want to go see his parents, and that's absolutely fine with me. By far the most miserable Christmases of my life, the ones we've spent with them.

The only arrangement we have so far is meeting up with BiL for a walk, not indoors. I haven't sounded out my family yet. Our lifestyles are pretty low risk. Adults largely based at home. Primary age children.

It's already over a year since we saw most of the ILs due to the logistics of travel and accommodation. I like MiL, but my back and shoulders struggle with 4 days on her spare bed and sofa. We normally go over in October rather than Christmas.

I'm happy because it's our year at my ILs, and this will cut out the trailing around friend's houses that they like to do in the evening when everyone's full and drunk.

I might be odd but I actually love my MIL but she's going away (provided she's allowed) for Christmas in her motor home so we won't see her this year. She's having Christmas at Easter instead in the hope that we'll be more back to normal!

I have four adult children, all with partners and their own households. We usually Christmas together but can’t this year. I’m sad but shan’t break rules as we are vulnerable.

@lazylump72 haha ! I love your plan to rid the world of covid !

Lazy lump I'm with you although mine would have depressed the virus away

MIL lives alone so has had a miserable year. She's quite elderly and frail. We are her support bubble. No other relatives local/in this country.
So we'll be having her to stay for the whole of Christmas.

My parents and other family are staying in their own bubbles. We've all agreed to stay away from each other in the hope of being able to see each other properly sooner.

As much as I love my MIL, I'm not looking forward to having her stay in our very small home for several days when all I really want to do is spend time with my own family, hug them, get drunk with my sis and listen to my DD laughing hysterically with her cousins.

I am genuinely delighted we can travel to stay with mine. I’ve not seen them in a year, NC with my own mum and MIL has essentially become my own mum. I’ve cooked for the last 10 years, so whilst I will obviously help, the majority of the stress is someone else’s this year

I love my in laws but I won't be seeing them at Christmas. I have adult children I'd prefer to see.

We had MIL on the phone tonight, she wants to see us. It would be three households on Christmas Day - us, MIL and FIL, and SIL.

But I would want to see my parents too, which wouldn't be allowed I don't think. My dad had a heart attack in early September and I've not been able to see him due to the "one visitor only" rule, then my DD having Covid plus two lots of separate isolation for my son.

I can't see one set of parents and not the other - it's not fair. But to be fair on everyone means seeing no one.

I'm conflicted

Devastated. The in-laws have ruined every Christmas for the past decade, i was looking forward to finally not having to see them. SIL isn’t too bad but I wouldn’t piss on MIL if she was on fire. I was hoping the old witch would die of Covid but no such luck.

Devastated. The in-laws have ruined every Christmas for the past decade, i was looking forward to finally not having to see them.

Me too. I'm so pissed off. May have to develop a new continuous cough on December 23rd