Any tips on having a half decent Christmas?

[NotTheOriginalFeargalSharkey]

Hi. This is not meant to be a pity thread. I would genuinely like some ideas.
This Christmas is going to be the shittest Christmas ever. Not much i can do about that.
Some things I am not bothered about, I am an adult and it's just another day.
But...
My 9 year old dd is in temporary Foster care. I won't even see her over the holidays. This is a complicated story involving wrong diagnosis, wrong medication and a lying social worker.

And for an added bonus, due to more incompetent social "care" I have been underpaid benefits by about £10k, so I am very behind on my rent.
Waiting for bailiffs any time.

I have lots of helpful people here. Haha.
A gp surgery that never has any appointments.

A housing officer that only works 2 days a week and has a lot of time off on holiday, with no stand-in, a social worker who is lovely, but makes contact about once every 3 months. Despite my daily polite ask for help. Good Solicitor, but even he can't pass on info from SS when they don't give him any info.
So how can I salvage xmas? For me and my teen? And my parents and grandparents who we always visit? I can't visit them without dd!
My grandparents are nearly 90. I am aware that any xmas could be their last.
As I said, not a pity thread. Just looking for genuine ideas please?

Firstly you need to report the cowardly social worker (she seems like a nasty piece of work) to the police etc. And then move on and try to make time for your son, treat him to a nice Christmas meal and so on too. If you have not done so already, hire a lawyer, a good one as well.

For now we are living in the house we being thrown out of.
Money not too much of an issue. We can afford "normal " going out for dinner. About £40 for the pair of us. Can't afford the "Christmas special dinner" at £60 each. And wouldn't want to sit there with all the families enjoying xmas. And people. Ds would not be happy with other people!
From the ideas given, I think we might order a curry for me and ds. And do a proper Xmas when we get a new place and get dd back.
Thanks for your ideas

Thanks all. I had missed a few posts earlier. Not sure why they didn't show up.
We have never gone really big at Xmas. We go and visit family, we have a tree and a few presents. I always attend school Xmas things. We enjoy going round and seeing all the crazy houses with lights.
That's about it. Quiet Xmas with some extended family.

All communication has been text or email. I don't do phones for several reasons. 2 medical, and I want a paper trail. I have good legal people.

I have looked at FLL and that seems to be a good fit. I am looking in to that some more. Thanks.

And thanks to the poster who mentioned my MP for benefit issues. I will email them too.