Who is being unreasonable about Christmas?

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DH’s parents are coming to us Christmas Day. DH wants me to stay home with DS 7 and DD 5 and not do anything or see anyone until after his parents have been. I think he’s being unreasonable to expect us to do this. I understand his concerns but the I don’t think that one event should trump the rest of the holidays. We’re in tier 2. Who is being unreasonable?

@KellyJonesLeatherTrousers thanks so much for the tip. I will definitely do that.

I was working yesterday so there wasn’t the possibility of me and the kids isolating until today and my DH is at work today and tomorrow anyway.

I'd postpone the walk - he isn't asking you to isolate for 2 weeks, he's asking you to avoid two unnecessary and higher risk activities (the walk is high risk as DN is isolating).

As for the argument that he's at work, they are shopping etc. That is called justified complacency, people kidding themselves and deliberately not understanding risk. If you were isolating the same people would be saying "you've been so good, it's just one walk, other people are doing x,y,z..." that's because they use a threshold of risk when it suits them and an additive model when it suits them, to always hear what they want to hear.

In reality, both situations you are adding the same amount of risk to your level. Either school+work+DSis or nothing+DSis. You have to decide the risk from DSis versus talking to her on the phone and seeing her Boxing Day.