Christmas Cancelled due to Coronavirus

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Do you think Chirstmas is going to be cancelled this year due to coronavirus?

They managed to have Christmas in 'Little Women' despite poverty and civil war...

(Don't say this is just fiction. Our present circumstances do not seem any more real than those of Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy.)

Why would it?

@crustycrab your post to Nicky about Lilac is really unkind - she's explained why Easter is a sad time for her. No need to jeer or call names in the guise of being 'witty'.
I have no skin in this game btw.

I mean I guess you could argue Father Christmas is a super spreader, what with making so many house calls

Perhaps it is no coincidence that the coronavirus starting spreading soon after Christmas....

I LOVE Christmas!

You can sure as hell state that, even if mass gatherings are still not in place and we are in another lockdown, people will not follow the rules for Christmas Day. There’s no hope in stopping families gathering for Christmas.

WTF lol
No, it won't be cancelled.
Even if doesn't look the same as other years (big gatherings) you can still have a good one!
You make the most of it.
Like Eid is having to be different this year, i'm sure we'll cope with Christmas if it comes to it.

Yes, probably.

Im sure santa isnt shielding because his magic

All will be ok OP 🎅🤶🛷🎄🎁🦌

judging by the fact that people are literally willing to shit on the beach rather than stay at home

Dirty sods. No wonder the virus is still spreading. 😁

Easter definitely happened! I ate Easter eggs!

I think Christmas should be every 4 years like the Olympics.

Cancelled by whom?! Jesus? Father Christmas? Your mum?

Well if last Christmas was anything to go by...

Wake up with DD - open presents. Guests start arriving between 12 and 1. Turkey in oven. Slowly over the day I begin to feel like shit - put food out to help selves.

7pm in bed, sweating and shaking. Phone in sick for work on 28th, 30th and 31st.

Feel better and think what was the point.

Yup, no different this year then!

Not even the Grinch could stop Christmas and he was a right prick.

No idea about Chirstmas though. Sorry couldn't resist.

I expect that will definitely be cancelled.

I just hope it is, then it might stop all the inane talking, and planning and preparing for it, around August and September time. Last year I saw a few Christmas trees in peoples house in September.

I do worry about poor old Father Christmas. Old and fat - evidently doesn’t work off all those mince pies during the year - he must be a prime target for the plague. 🙁

@CustardySergeant - I haven't seen my 22 year old son since Christmas day either, you know when you make plans through Jan, then Feb then say see you soon... Oh. I can't see you. We talk lots, but a socially distanced visit doesn't seem quite right.

I just hope it is, then it might stop all the inane talking, and planning and preparing for it, around August and September time. Last year I saw a few Christmas trees in peoples house in September.

Of course Christmas won't be cancelled, it's a religious celebration, it wasn't just invented for people to buy presents and have parties (or even family celebrations), it means more than that. I agree with the above sentiment though - hopefully it will stop all that rubbish.

Maybe just celebrate Yule, Hannukah or Kwanzaa instead if it is.

I hope not, DS will be 2 in December and I wanted this Christmas to be perfect, he was a newborn during his first Christmas and last Christmas was a disaster and I didn't book a visit with Santa in time. I was going to make it up ti him this year

Pixie don't worry....they remember the weirdest things fondly you know...simple stuff. And mostly, their memories are from 3 onwards....for many even older.

I would love to be able to go to Midnight mass this year.

It would be amazing if they still had social distancing in shops and only let in a maximum number.
What spoils Christmas round here. From November onwards. Town is insanely busy and not in a good way.