Christmas days out with the kids?

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Christmas days out with the kids?

Anyone been or going anywhere?

We have a Santa train booked next weekend. That's it this year.

I used to take my daughter to our garden centre, where they had Santa's Grotto, reindeer and an impressive array of Christmas decorations, as well as a treasure hunt for the little ones (who got a chocolate Santa lolly if they completed it). She used to love it, but don't know if they will be doing it this year.
More covid friendly suggestions would be a walk to look at the neighbourhood Christmas lights, with hot chocolate and marshmallows when you get back home.
Or taking them to the supermarket to choose some Christmas items for the food bank.

Wintershall Nativity - very special

I just booked an enchanted forest trail at a big country house place local to us. We're tier 3 so lots of things cancelled or anything that's going ahead has been fully booked for ages. DD stopped believing in Santa this year as well so anything Santa related is out!

train thing & drive in movie.

May drive into town to look at the lights

We’ve been to a light trail at a national trust place and will be seeing Father Christmas socially distanced at a farm

We went to see Santa on the rooftop at Fenwick Newcastle yesterday and are visiting the light trail at a local NT site

We are tier 3
Mine are young teens but we’ve had lots of meals out, been ice skating, indoor skiing, cinema , escape room and crazy golf

Lots of places still optn

If you are in Yorkshire there's a Xmas event on at the Yorkshire wildlife park.Its 5 mins away from us luckily but worth a visit.

The Peter Rabbit Winter Trail at a local National Trust.

@Ginogineli We are also tier three but all of those things are closed here so unfortunately not an option. Takeaway food only here so no meals out. Teens here too so very limited on activities apart from a kick about in the park

You can travel to tier 2 you know? The rules force closure of things in tier 3

They do no mandate that you can’t go elsewhere

The rules on people apply to meeting indoors with other households only

Are you sure @Ginogineli ? We are in tier three and some places we booked pre lockdown are cancelling the tickets of those in tier three areas. We feel a bit like lepers. Especially as things booked were outdoor things.

None are cancelling near me as there’s no law about moving between tiers tho I guess they may have done out of choice but I’ve done loads and none have been cancelled!

Arent you in Liverpool gino? I thought I recognised your name from the Liverpool covid threads. So tier 2?
I can't imagine anything like that is available in Tier 3.

I’m just outside Liverpool but only few miles but in tier 3. All the places I go to are tier 2/3 Eg chill factor in Manchester is still open for skiing as is tier 3, ice rink is tier 2

we are doing a light trail thing at national trust type gardens. garden centre to choose a christmas decoration (as always!) plus take away hot choc, holly picking in the woods
Not much else cause we are tier 3
will be doing at home stuff though including online panto, polar express afternoon, christmas games night and takeaway/cocktail/mocktails night

What I mean is that within 1/3 radius all activities are open and accessible

1/2 hour

@Ginogineli it does say you should avoid travel outside of your tier only for essential travel We have police stopping us going into Harrogate with roadside checks ! As North Yorkshire is tier 2 and they don't want us from tier 3 coming in increasing the rate for them. That's the idea isn't it?

Yes if you are tier 3 its essential travel to other areas only and only do things in that tier that you can do in tier 3, so no going to restaurants, activities in tier 2 if not open in your own tier. Its pretty shit really to come from a high rate area to a low rate one and risk further spread to that area

Difficult to police but FFS youd think people would realise all this by now. If everyone just travelled to tier 1 and 2 the rates would rocket again

Thanks all