Should people pare back their Christmas celebrations this year?

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I saw a comment on social media, I can't remember their exact words but it was effectively suggesting that people should 'pare back' their celebrations at Christmas this year due to the Queen's passing.

I'm not really sure I understood their reasoning, or what they meant by paring back? I appreciate that it's been a very sad time and will be only have been a few months after her death and that Christmas can magnify feelings of loss. For many it's also going to feel extremely poignant seeing the King give a speech on Christmas day and not his mother, but surely it is right that life goes on?

I'm sure the last thing she would want is families not spending time together and celebrating Christmas and having fun, especially after the last two years which were so incredibly disrupted.

IABU - Yes, people should pare back their Christmas celebrations to an extent this year in respect to the Queen's passing.

IANBU - No, people shouldn't feel the need to pare back their Christmas celebrations this year - the Queen's passing is sad for many people, but life must go on.

The staff that Charles is going to fire because of the queen's passing will definitely have a pared back Christmas.

I, on the other hand will be doing Christmas just like any other year, and will raise a glass at the king's speech along with the best of the royalists.

However, the king should have had a plan that assimilate those staff into other roles, and action a general job freeze, rather than fire a whole bunch of loyal staff, on the spot. Pretty heartless, and unnecessary.

As I have shared on other threads, I lost my eldest son (aged 24) on Christmas Day 2019 to SADs.
He was found by his 14 year old sister and his 22 year old brother attempted CPR.
And Christmas (and indeed anything) will never be the same again.
I hope that puts a bit of perspective on this debate. 😞

The country is in an official 10 days of mourning, then after the funeral Monday, life goes on.

I am pretty sure the queen would want everyone celebrating with their families / friends after the last few years …

Fuck me. Some people are relishing the thought of dragging this on for longer than Victoria mourned Albert.

I did wonder if any Christmas ads will now be delayed and/or altered.

The only reason I'll be "paring back" Hanukkah is that I'll be 9 months pregnant!

I can see Remembrance Sunday being more about the Queen than about the war dead it’s meant to be about.

* "Erm, what the fuck?!*"

My thoughts exactly lol! I find the sentiment seriously nutty

Stupid idea, I very much doubt even the royal family will. There may be extra thoughts for the first Lilibet and prayers in church but no less champagne will be drunk and pheasant eaten.

I think we will "pare back" ours.... because we cannot afford last year's Christmas anymore!

We will have observed a period of official mourning. All the pomp and ceremony will have respectfully marked the passing of a truly outstanding monarch who did us proud for 70 years.

But life goes on.

Do you honestly imagine HM QEII would have wanted millions of children to have pared back Christmases. Of course not.

This Christmas is going to be tight and pared back enough for millions as it is, thanks to Putin. I'm lucky in that I have log burners/free fuel etc. We will have cheerfully open house, from when DS finished school until the 25th.

If i pare back it will be because i'm skint. Anyway, Christmas has been waaaay too extra for years now. Bring on the low key celebrations.

Well if it was related to the cost of living crisis it's fair, but I suspect it was probably a bit of emotional/drunk tweeting seconds into watching sad funeral coverage and nothing more. Doubt the poster feels the same now.

It really does @stitchinguru I'm so sorry for your loss and all that you and your family have been through, and how difficult Christmas must be.

I think people should pare back Christmas purely because it is far too extravagant and wasteful, and the money some people spend on it is obscene.

But that’s different to paring back for the queen. I wonder whether this actually happened or whether this thread has been started to provoke some kind of backlash towards the royals.

I think after the past few years that everyone has had we should take our joys and pleasures wherever they fall.

I firmly believe that mn has a bot which puts an alternative vote or two in when a thread is unanimous.

I’ve never seen a thread with a 100% yabu or yanbu rate, even threads with the most outrageous suggestions.

You could write “AIBU to enjoy kicking puppies in my spare time?” And there would be at least a 1% yanbu response.

I think Christmas should be paired back but not because of the Queen. I believe that Christmas has just become a huge capitalist orgy of overspending and the madness needs to stop!

I saw a comment on social media

Well there’s your problem.

Yes, I’ve already told my children that the only gifts they’ll be getting this year is a framed photo of King Charles for their room, to replace the one of Queen Elizabeth, and a new pen. One can never have enough of the stinking things.

We will be paring aspects of ours back a bit to save cash I think. Nothing to with HRH!

DP adores Christmas. It's sad about the Queen but we're not related to her so it won't affect our day. Why should it?

I won't be.

I plan on

Ffs!

Accidental post.

I won't be.

I plan on going bigger than normal this year because we've had a really stressful year and we both absolutely love Christmas and have taken 3 weeks off together. I understand some may pare back due to cost of living.

I'm planning to pare back on gifts (all the family are, so there's not as much pressure), but not on decor or food and not because of the queen.

I think she would want us all to get on with it.

People may pare back but that will be about money not the Queen

Maybe this is the message the government want to put out. ‘Tell the plebs it will be respectful to the Queen if they cut back this year so they don’t realise quite how shit things are under us.’