Are you planning on changing your Christmas plans ?

[Lardlizard]

By keeping to six only ?

Could be in lockdown again by then, surely?

I'd be delighted if I could get together 6 people for Christmas, but alas, my family is too far away. On the 25th, if there are 3 or 4 of us, I'll count myself very lucky not to be spending the day alone. Must be great when you can put that "only" before the 6.

Yes. I expect the position to be worse by Christmas so will possibly visit family soon but not at Christmas. The arrangements are complicated enough at the best of times and this wont be the best of times.

I am going to ignore Christmas.

I actually only have 6 dining table chairs 😂

We don't need to make any decisions, but we will stick to the rules and stay home over the period just us if we are still limited. We quite like a quiet Christmas Day but normally have gatherings on Christmas Eve and Boxing Day.

We had invited both sets of parents this year but both said no as they'd agreed to go to our siblings' homes this year - however both my husband's sister and my brother have three children so I guess they may change their minds and come to us instead, will say yes to whichever set ask first!!

We will any number from 3 to 7 round the table christmas day

Ive no idea at the moment though if its 7 its 7

I’m going to plan for all eventualities 😀

Yeah. We were supposed to be abroad with my family this year.
Not happening.

So we will just do our own thing. Shame though.

If the rule is still in place, we'll almost certainly have Christmas at home just us.

My DPs and DSIS wouldn't host us at the moment, nor come to us, and my PILs will either invite us alongside cousins / SIL (which would be an unlawful number of people so we would have to turn it down), or if not I think they'd choose to see SIL over us.

OK by me. We've done it before, although after six months in the house just us it won't feel very special. Feel sorry for our young DC, who really love to spend Christmas with family.

I could only dream of having 6 for dinner but as per the last decade, it will be me on my own sharing my steak with the dog. 🥩 Merry September everyone.

We will be sticking to the rules. Normally we are around 10/12 for lunch with another 4/6 or so in the evening. This year will be our household of 3, plus our daughter who should be home from university and we will see two of our children with their spouses at different times of the day.

We're normally just four but in Scotland that's not permissible as we're from three different households.

No point in thinking about now. Who knows what will have happened in the meantime.

Supposed to be in NZ at Christmas, but clearly that’s not going to happen! Will plan to be with my brother and family ( 2 adults and 2 preschoolers) and my mum, so 9 in total. I couldn’t give a fig about the rule of 6 - is utter bollocks and the given,ent least me after the Cummings debacle

We are lucky that it doesn't change much for us if its 6. There is 4 of us and we have my parents Xmas day and the in-laws boxing day and have always done that so won't be any different. If its even stricter I do worry about my mum as she will be desperately unhappy to not be around the grandchildren over Xmas. I also have a 92 year old grandmother to consider too

We’ve already told all family it will just be the 3 of us on Christmas Day. That’s way, whatever the restrictions, we won’t be disappointed. We can see extended family on other days of restrictions allow. For all those who say the police won’t come knocking on Christmas Day... what if they do? With people being actively encourages to snitch on their neighbours and tensions rising between rule followers and rule breakers, You better hope your neighbours like you!

@Coldcough

It's September, I have no Xmas plans!!

What?

You mean you haven't got the sprouts on a good rolling boil already?

Not at this stage but I am mindful that we might need to reassess closer to the actual time.

As we tend to switch up what we do each year to visit or host my DP's or PILS (not really possible to visit both in a couple of days due to being at other ends of or different countries to us).

This year its due to be my DM & StepF hosting Me, DH, StepSis & Partner plus 2xDD's (4 and by then about 2mnths) so 6 adults and 2 young children. I'm kind of hoping that officially the whole thing about under 12's not being 'counted' in the 6 that I've seen discussed becomes a thing.

This year was always going to be tentative for us visiting anyone anyway what with a newborn.

Our Christmas day is within the rules anyway.

Issues will be round boxing day, new year, we normally invite the neighbours in for drinks one afternoon /evening over the period and/or go to other friends with our dcs, usually see dcs godparents, but they have a dc now so that would be 7.

Not sure. It'll be smaller this year. Which is crap.

We were already planning to skip the big family gathering for Christmas. The guidance just confirms common sense.

I'm a single mother of two small children living a long way from my family (4 other adults). I spent Christmas alone with them a few years ago at a traumatic time so really can't face doing that again. My family were meant to be coming here for Christmas. Hoping that this unscientific nonsense rule is rescinded by then.

Nope. We're still planning for there to be 8 of us.

Well given we are in Birmingham and as of tomorrow can neither host or be hosted
I'm making no plans at all.

I'll consult my crystal ball to see what the guidelines will be then

Our dining table only fits 6 people so no. Not changing any plans. I rarely see more than 5 people at a time anyway. But if I was in a situation where there would be 7 or 8 of us I’d do it. I’m not gonna count my 2 year old. Say what you will about that.

We were going to be 15 this year but suppose will have to see each other in stages over the Christmas period to stay at 6

We don't have those restrictions but I'm wondering which nuclear family member I'm supposed to toss out in the street and deny them Christmas dinner