To be a little relieved by the new restrictions around xmas?

[Ohdoleavemealone]

I hate having plans lingering in the air. Hate the uncertainty of can I see my family or can't I.

DS came home from school yesterday having to isolate until xmas eve so yet again we were on the fence of whether or not we could visit family boxing day. We cancelled my parents but they kept saying "lets see". Now Boris has said only mix on xmas day I can accept it and move on.

Am I the only one thinking it would have been kinder in some ways to say this from the start?

I'm relieved they've done it. My parents are in tier 2, I'm on tier 3 and my sibling in in tier 4. I haven't seen any of them this year and miss them terribly. We're sticking to the rules. Yes its rubbish, yes I miss them, yes I want wanted to see them but we're sucking it up. My young children haven't seen any grandparents this year, aunties or uncles or cousins.

YANBU - all the upheaval and uncertainty was definitely a nightmare.
We're in Kent and have gone into tier 4 so our plans are out the window. Our families are in Essex - it'll be a very quiet Christmas for us this year. Our DC are devastated to not see the family. We haven't since August. It was nearly 7 months before that.
With not idea when we will see them we are pretty down in the dumps right now.

My daughter worked her shifts round going to see her grandparents on Boxing Day. Now they've pulled that away, she doesn't get to have time with her grandparents.