Christmas poll

[Thorilicious]

We as a family have decided that, regardless of what the government allows mixing wise at Christmas, we aren't spending Christmas with anyone else. We will pop over to my parents, and have a chat through the window, but that's it. DH and I are both key workers, so don't want to risk spreading the virus for the sake of one get together.
Will you mix if they say it's allowed?
Yes-I'm seeing my family if it's allowed
No-We aren't mixing.
No arguments from me either way, just curious what everyone else is thinking.

My daughter breaks up on the 11th and we are already very careful as I'm CEV. We are in a bubble with my sister and her two kids who I'm a carer for. So I will be seeing them Christmas Day for 1-2 hours as I help deliver therapy and it's got to be every day. So I'll take their presents at the same time. Then in the afternoon I'm cooking dinner and my adult daughter and son in law will come over for food. We are all being v careful as my daughter is pregnant. So I'm not overly concerned.

Boxing Day we will hopefully have friends over who we haven't seen in a year. We've got a large open sided gazebo in the garden with a log burner so that will be perfect for a catch up and a glass or two of wine without any big risk.

So for us Christmas is going to be much quieter. Normally we have 12-16 for dinner and then Boxing Day we have a big party.

We were hoping to see my parents after Christmas to give us 10 days after schools had broken to minimise chances of passing anything on.
Now that doesn’t look likely I don’t know what we’ll do
It pisses me off that like with so many of these rules, people who are able to think and act responsibly are penalised.

Yes, if we're allowed we'll be mixing with family over Christmas.

Maidstone yesterday.

Me, DH and DS 18mo will absolutely be seeing my parents at xmas. It would break my mum not to and I need just one day of normality.

Will be seeing MIL. Unlikely to see my side of the family, even if restrictions are eased they are unlikely to be sufficient enough to allow for 5 households to meet and due to distance just seeing my parents is likely to be difficult.

No just our household.

@Coffeeandcocopops

Maidstone yesterday.

@Coffeeandcocopops

You said two kent hospitals have closed.

You have now linked to ONE hospital and it’s NOT closed. It has limited further VISITORS.

A classic case of trying to whip things up but actually turns out to be utterly false

No, whatever changes we will have Christmas as a household only. I think it’s absolutely ridiculous to be changing restrictions for Christmas.

We’re mixing 3 households: 3 fit & well adults, 2 teenagers and a 5 year old with 2 elderly adults one of whom had been shielding regardless of any rules.

The point is still there that Covid has not gone. Maidstone basically no visitors at all unless you are dying. I call that closed.

@Rolopolo2000

Have a reread, it very clearly says closed to visitors in the post you’re referring to.

[quote SingANewSongChickenTikka]@Rolopolo2000

Have a reread, it very clearly says closed to visitors in the post you’re referring to.[/quote]
Yes!

But the poster was saying two hospitals had closed In previous post, which indicates TWO and CLOSED to patients!

@Coffeeandcocopops

The point is still there that Covid has not gone. Maidstone basically no visitors at all unless you are dying. I call that closed.

A closed hospital is closed to patients. Surely that is what one would assume when a poster says two hospitals have closed. No mention of “closed to more visitors”.

And you mentioned two hospitals had closed. The other one being....?

Most hospitals round here (north London) have been closed to ward visitors unless exceptional circumstances for months? The ‘news report’ re Kent isn’t news at all I’m afraid

Yeah the SE is flying up, really not 'low' in at least 2 areas near me.

My husband and I won't be mixing with any family or friends so that we can allow our son to spend time with his girlfriend and keep any missing low. It seems only fair as we have each other but son and his long term girlfriend can't even have a cuddle or watch a film together. Its hard because I am CEV but I feel so much for them.

Yes we’ll be visiting or hosting family (only to the extent it’s permitted, of course)

Not a normal Christmas though. We will be isolating the week before Christmas, we won’t be having DH’s elderly grandmother to stay and we’ll be cutting visits short, keeping windows open etc.

None of this will eliminate the risk, but it will bring it down to a level we are comfortable with.

For the first time I wont be seeing my parents who are in their seventies.

No just the three of us and really looking forward to it as I usually have a houseful and spend the whole Christmas period in the kitchen.

Yes I will see family if the rules allow. Most likely two or possibly three households at a time in two or three meals. I won't go to the pub or meet up with friends on top of this. We live reasonably near each other which helps and also the children will have been off school for two weeks in advance of Christmas. I think the risks are quite low - the numbers are not that high where I live.

I’ve 2 DC coming home from uni for Xmas.
And I’ve my mum coming for 5 days or she’d be on her own.
I’m also going to have my foster children’s mum on Xmas day as she’ll be on her own otherwise and not see her kids.

No mixing here either. We have decided the risks are too high to our older family members, and we would rather they were here next christmas, and the many after that.

Planning a big family party in the summer.

We live in a low infection area. Many hospitals already in crisis even in low risk areas. We are very worried about the number of relatives and loves ones that are going to die in January to facilitate 'christmas'.

I honestly find it shocking how many people are prepared to play Russian roulette with their families lives just for one festive lunch. It makes me really upset to think of those much loved people that will have many years ahead of them will end up dead in the new year because of it. I just don't understand how anyone could think it is worth it.

I would mix, but my parents won't. Too impractical to see my other relatives .

DH hopes to see his elderly parents, that would mean gathering of 5-6 people, 2 households. His mum is extremely keen to see at least one of her sons & her D-GC.

If we are going to have to have more restrictions and lockdown regardless then we will be seeing my parents. There are usually 15 of us for Christmas Day but I’d settle for just meeting one other household.