Help- do I cancel christmas lunch!?

[Sarah202023]

I am hosting for 12 people for Christmas lunch tomorrow...but my husband has just this evening come down with norovirus. What do I do!? If I cancel, whoch given the the time id have to do on christmas morning, no one will have their own christmas lunch. But I don't want everyone to get sick... help!

You have to cancel. It’s sooo contagious I doubt you will be ok by morning. If I was your guest, I’d want to know and avoid. So sorry and wish you both well x

Any chance one of guests will host everyone in their home with your food?

Well if you called me and told me DH was ill like that, I would rather sit at home eating beans on toast than attend and get ill.
I’d say cancel.

Yep. You have to cancel. Happened to us when we were hosting a few years back. In-laws were bringing the turkey, my parents the puddings, us everything else. One lot had a turkey but nothing else, another a plethora of puddings but no mains and we took it in turns to vom in between trying to not give it to our kids. Shit happens. They’ll understand!

Nightmare, can you isolate your husband upstairs and give everything a serious disinfect downstairs and sleep separate from him? I think if everyone is super careful about hugs and kisses and hand washing and he is kept well out the way and has no contact with everyone and the house is as thoroughly cleaned as possible before they come you will greatly reduce the risk? Obviously if you or anyone else are showing signs of it overnight or in the morning this won't work :( but we've had it in our house and only 2/4 got it, I think it depends where you are at tomorrow. Maybe the food can be taken to someone elses?

Send a text or WhatsApp now, call in the morning, but yes you have to tell them. Hope you don't get it too badly

I’m sorry but I think you have to cancel! Noro is so contagious and you couldn’t hope to keep everywhere clean enough with so many people around to avoid it spreading. You might even have succumbed yourself by morning. Nobody is going to want to eat food you e been handling, regardless.

Most families will have something in to eat, even if they were expecting their main meal elsewhere, and everyone I know would rather eat pizza for Christmas lunch just this once than come home with a dose of D&V.

HopeDH and whoever else gets ill is feeling better soon.

You can't cancel Xmas day. Husband upstairs and clean.

Bless you OP, but I'm also team beans on toast rather than noro x

You can, and should. Ultimately it’s just a day, and you can have it another time.

If you're feeling ok yourself and able to cook you could give people the option to come or not to come. Let them decide for themselves.

Yes you absolutely have to cancel. No way would I want to go. I’m going g to my niece for Christmas dinner but I’ve still got lots of food and my own small turkey for the Christmas period and I suspect most people do.

Give the guests the choice and as soon as possible.

I would rather miss Christmas dinner than get noro and even if you clean spectacularly you've still been exposed to it all today

It’s in the air and everything he has touched.

Oh no! I'd want to be told though if i was invited to yours.

Team beans on toast

Oh yikes

Yea I would cancel since it’s fairly likely you will get it too to some extent 😕

Do they all know each other and do they live locally? If so I think I’d offer that one of them can come get the Christmas food and they can all have Christmas at that person’s house.

Sorry this really does suck.

Norovirus may be the gift that keeps on giving but it's not one that anyone wants.

You must cancel!

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Norovirus is airborne and highly contagious- I’m afraid I’m another who would be team beans on toast rather than risk norovirus

Omg please cancel! Or at the very least let people know and give them the choice. I'd be furious if I went for Xmas and no-one told me there was someone with noro in the house

Anyone that has had a true Noro would never willingly expose themselves again.

After days of V&D the stomach pains can last up to 2 weeks. It's hideous.

Another team beans on toast rather than turkey and norovirus.

You have to cancel.

I hope he makes a speedy recovery and you don't get it.

Plus by tomorrow you will likely have it yourself

If course you can cancel Christmas day. Presumably you're dealing with adults, they will have something to eat at home. The world won't end because they don't get a Christmas dinner in 25 Dec. What's more important is they don't get ill. Text everyone now andtry and avoid catching it yourself. Try and have a happy Christmas if you can . What bad timing & poor DH.

Yes,do this .