Argh! I'm on a 12.5 hour shift Christmas Day!

[Toddlerteaplease]

I never mind working Christmas Day. Was seeing my parents on Boxing Day. But they are refusing to break the rules. Gutted.

That’s shit, I’m sorry. Thank you for working .

Honestly I generally stick to the rules, but sticking to them to this extent makes no sense to me. Going there Boxing Day instead or Xmas day will literally make no difference at all!

Tried to convince them that Boxing Day is myChristmas they are having none of it.

@AIMD that's exactly what I said.

I feel for you OP, I used to work those kinds of shifts and it sucks that you won't be seeing family now.

I love my job and am very happy to do my turn working Christmas. But I would like to be able to celebrate a bit.

We've agreed to meet up after work for cake. But it'll be quite late by the time I've driven to them. Doubt we'll be busy at work. But I'll still be tired.

We were planning on seeing PIL on boxing day as we always do christmas at home, just the 4 of us. Our first instinct was to change it to xmas day. Then, we thought about the traffic, we have a toddler about to start potty training, and a 6 week old. We thought logically and said 'wait a minute. Why is seeing someone on boxing day riskier than christmas day?'. Answer, it's not. It changes absolutely nothing, bar the chances of being caught up in an accident or my DD wetting herself in the car seat.

We are going on boxing day. I say you see your family whenever you can.

Me too.
We are fortunate though, we have remained in tier 2

Me too, 14 hour here 😟 going to be on my own and just me and DD Christmas Eve until evening as she's going to her dad's for Christmas and Boxing Day(was going to my mum's Boxing Day, just me and her but can't now)
If it'd been this way from the start then I would have been ok with it I think, but I was so looking forward to it after all these months and feel shit it's been snatched away, and she'll be on her own as my DB is working (who lives with her) and I'll be on my own too. Seems utterly stupid that we could do it 24 hours earlier, and it's only because I'm at work we can't at all.
It is what it is though, typical that my support bubble for being a single parent is in bloody SI until 27th too!

If it'd been this way from the start then I would have been ok with it I think, but I was so looking forward to it after all these months and feel shit it's been snatched

Exactly this!

I’m so sorry.

I did wonder when all the people working Christmas Day were supposed to celebrate? So, just not then? It’s shit.

Oh that's shit OP, I'm sorry.

Where we live (outside UK) about 20% of the population celebrate on the 24th. We are now banned from mixing households aside from the 25th & 26th. Not only does that completely shaft shift workers down to work those days, but 1 in 5 of the general population too.

I predict that a lot of those people will take it upon themselves to swap the 26th for the 24th anyway, and fair play to them, they've not been considered by the rule-making authorities here at all.

I predict that a lot of those people will take it upon themselves to swap the 26th for the 24th anyway, and fair play to them, they've not been considered by the rule-making authorities here at all.

Yeah I feel like this decision has definitely been made by people who get Christmas off ......

We're considering doing it anyway Boxing Day, but holding me back is the 'I really should know better' in the job I'm in.
Just feel like the folks who are working Christmas Day are being told we're acceptable collateral damage, while also being relied upon to keep things like the NHS, emergency services and care homes running, while those who get every bloody Christmas off anyway get affected the least.

Oh and it looks like I'll be stumping up for taxi's because my mum can't take me as originally planned and there's no buses!
Can't afford about £50 in taxi fare either.

Think I'm going to stick with my plans on Christmas Eve though.

They need to allow an alternative day for keyworkers working on Christmas Day. It’s really bad that they haven’t anticipated this!

Same here op, dh working and we were planning on celebrating Boxing Day but it will be just us now, it’s pants 😔

24 hour for me. Start 9am Chrismas Day, finish 9am Boxing Day.

I don't mind.

Having Christmas on Christmas Eve instead.

Your parents are horrible!

We're doing Xmas Eve with PIL as planned due to work commitments. Not seeing DP so feel it's acceptable.

@miserableannie my parents are not horrible at all. We get on very well and they've been great parents. But I must admit I've found their attitude to this a bit difficult, wouldn't meet for my birthday, even when that was allowed. I'm very relaxed about the whole thing, as I've worked all the way through. And I've had CV.

@SweetFelicityArkright

Oh and it looks like I'll be stumping up for taxi's because my mum can't take me as originally planned and there's no buses! Can't afford about £50 in taxi fare either.

I had an email saying uber were doing free trips for NHS workers - not sure if other key workers too if that is any use for you? Any colleagues live anywhere close - even if it's not the whole way could save part of taxi fare, and if you're spending all day together anyway I'd personally be willing to risk a drive with windows down to help someone.

OP can your parents not drive to you seeing as you will have been working all day!

So sorry to hear this OP. What do you do?

I'm a paediatric nurse. Best job in the world.