Since this whole thing started, I have been totally amazed at the number of people who eat takeaways, have to go to the pub at least 3 times a week and are adamant they deserve an annual holiday.
And here we are again, with people outraged that Christmas will be 'ruined'. Seriously?
With the 75th anniversary of D day this year, I watched a few documentaries about WW2 and thought how awful it must have been for all the families with no contact with loved ones for years on end. We are far more lucky, we have so many ways to keep in touch; email, voicemail, mobile phones, video calls, zoom... I could go on.... so I just don't understand what the problem is here? Yes it's different, but you can talk to and see who you want, pretty much when you want with whatever method of communication you choose.
There are lots of FB pages springing up with local businesses showing and selling their wares if you really have to buy (more stuff you don't need). So just do Christmas a bit differently, quietly, at home without a fuss and without a house-full.
It's just me and DD again for lockdown - I've had no job since June, so it doesn't fill me with joy to do it again - but those moaning about getting together for Christmas really need to put things into perspective.