Are you planning on changing your Christmas plans ?

[Lardlizard]

By keeping to six only ?

I will be having Christmas wth my parents and sister and her family
There is a line and for me Christmas is it

I loathe Christmas and spend it on my own. You are being extremely inconsiderate to even mention it in September.

No but I wish I could, my in laws are coming.

Well our Christmas is the same every year. Me and DH spend it with my family - parents, siblings and their partners, nieces and nephews and their partners.

There should be 16 of us from 8 different households so no way whatsoever can I see that being allowed.

One of my siblings and their partner will definitely not break the rules and neither will their daughter and husband.

Me and DH are not sure but doubt we would break the rules. So it is likely to be just us and our dogs for Christmas.

Nope. My Xmas plan is just me, the same as every year.

There will be 12 of us plus a baby, we might do it in shifts with one lot of 6 eating while the other lot sit outside looking longingly at the scoffers, then we can swap over. I'll pick straws as to who eats first, not sure what to do about the baby, so looking for suggestions please.

I haven't been on holiday yet, never mind thinking about Christmas!

We are going to be 5 adults and 3 children (all under 10). None of the adults are elderly or have health issue that would make us cautious.

We will likely be 7. Me, DH, DC x, my mum, MIL and another close family member. My dad is very ill and likely to pass away before Christmas and I am terminally ill.

My parents live somewhere pretty much Covid free and I think my mum would punch Boris before she would not be here. I am an only child.

MIL is in our support bubble so we could only realistically drop other family member who in her 70s although very fit and would be on her own.

My usual quota is 6 but I would like to think that by then the rules will have changed again. One of my good friends has had a very recent bereavement and I am not sure what plans (if any) she has - so it would be nice to be able to host her if she is wanting company.

Nope. There are nearly 30 of us at Christmas....

We usually only have 6 anyway (MIL and her partner) as my parents work through xmas and DH dad lives 400 miles away and has dementia. We do normally have my BF and her kids on Boxing Day which would make us 7 and we will still do that unless she is spending it with her boyfriend.

I have no plans. It’s September. There is a global pandemic. No-one can have a clue what the situation will be.

Please allow me this year at least to indulge my belief that making plans too early is entirely unnecessary because “things may change.”

We haven't made any plans yet but we always do the same thing every year the whole family go to my parents and there's usually about 12 of us (5 children) I'll be so upset if we can't do it this year, I'm usually so stressed out in the run up to Christmas that I only start to enjoy it Christmas Day and the dinner is my favourite bit! I've never made Christmas dinner and although I'm an ok cook it just won't be the same!

Tbh I'm quite happy with the 6 rule for Christmas. I always end up with extended family at mine and end up paying for it all and doing the majority of the donkey work. It'll be nice to just cook for us and my parents for a change!

Nope. There are nearly 30 of us at Christmas....

So you'll still do this even if the law says 6?

And people trotting out the line "none of us has health issues" just indicates such a selfish attitude. What about the people you encounter afterwards who do?
What if you're all carriers and are showing no symptoms.
Obviously the 'good will to all men' part of Christmas doesn't apply, even now.

And people trotting out the line "none of us has health issues" just indicates such a selfish attitude. What about the people you encounter afterwards who do?
What if you're all carriers and are showing no symptoms.
Obviously the 'good will to all men' part of Christmas doesn't apply, even now.

^ This, which means there’s no point in seeing 6 one day and 6 others the next. If one is infected it will still spread. So you may as well see each other all together and enjoy it!
Obviously what we are supposed to do is see no more than 6, once, and no one else. But people want to see their families understandably, so will see different people on different days as it’s within the rules, but makes no sense with regard to infection control!

@DollyDoneMore

I have no plans. It’s September. There is a global pandemic. No-one can have a clue what the situation will be.

Please allow me this year at least to indulge my belief that making plans too early is entirely unnecessary because “things may change.”

It is necessary for people who need to book te off and/or travel. My planning starts in a summer🤷🏻

@DollyDoneMore

I have no plans. It’s September. There is a global pandemic. No-one can have a clue what the situation will be.

Please allow me this year at least to indulge my belief that making plans too early is entirely unnecessary because “things may change.”

I also think things will change. It’s likely things will tighten so we can’t socialise with others outside of the household if cases continue to rise and people think the rules don’t matter so continue to meet in larger than six numbers, don’t SD or wear masks etc.

I was supposed to be going to my family in Australia, so that won’t happen.

Maybe I’ll have a shooting party instead.

It doesn’t affect us we are always only 4 for Christmas. We don’t do any family gatherings around the time either, just go and have a festive weekend with my mum a couple of weeks before which makes us 5. I am sad about new year though, but it is only one year 😀

For me Christmas is either with family abroad, which can't happen this year, or with family who are shielding here in the UK and will be until a vaccine is available, so no Christmas for me this time. I might get a takeaway and watch a horror film.

My MIL doesn’t live close to us and has pretty much been isolating alone - we’ve spoke to her and said we will travel and pick her up xmas eve and take her back after. It doesn’t take us over the 6.
But it means I can’t see my family as I don’t want to worry my MIL that the risk of catching Covid by mixing.
It was sad to hear my MIL so worried that she would be spending xmas alone as she already has spent the last 6 months quite lonely. Usually a very active lady in her community, exercise classes etc

Yes. If this law is still in place at Christmas we won't be meeting up with family wed hoped to meet up with all together as there would be 12 of us!
Even seeing my nephews and parents there would be 8 of us. It's going to be awful if thus law is still in place at xmas tbh.