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Covid safe Christmas 🎄

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Anotherducker · 05/12/2020 15:14

Would anyone else like to share tips for keeping safe within a Christmas bubble on Christmas Day? We have young children and the grandparents will be eating with us.

So far I thought:
We can isolate mostly for two weeks beforehand.
Detol wipes in the bathroom
Keep some Windows open (within reason I don’t want to freeze everyone to death)
Apparently it’s better if one person serves the food so there is no sharing of serving bowls and spoons.
Make the day shorter than normal.
Maybe a walk outdoors.

What are you thinking of doing? (It would be nice to keep this a safe space for those who are mixing households as per the rules and not a debate about whether we should do so).

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cretelover · 07/12/2020 20:46

Sorry if it's been said already, sit people staggered round the table if you have room to do so so they are not sitting opposite each other. Obviously if they are the same household they could sit opposite.

jinglejanglerumbalows · 07/12/2020 22:49

Those of you on here who are carrying on as normal, and those that are scoffing at the measures others are taking; do you live in areas with very low case numbers? Or are you all isolating already? Or do you not believe in CV or how it spreads?

DirtyDancing · 07/12/2020 23:06

Eating popcorn for this one...

LilyPond2 · 07/12/2020 23:48

OP, I suggest you let your guests know in advance that you are planning to have windows open more than usual and that they should dress warmly. That way you are less likely to have a situation where your guests start complaining that they're cold and asking to close windows within minutes of arriving. I disagree with the posters who say it's pointless making the day shorter than usual. Yes, it's possible to catch Covid within minutes, but if that happens, how ill you get may well be affected by how much virus you were exposed to. How much time you spent with the infected person will have a significant influence on that.

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OffredOfjune · 09/12/2020 05:32

@Thenumberofrebels

Is anyone considering wearing PPE to cook and serve food?

Sorry but that is completely nuts quite honestly.

😂😂
Bushola · 09/12/2020 07:14

Masks and visors for everyone apart from when eating And the shoe coverings fitted at the door.
Perspex screens between places at table.
Those Perspex stands some shops have at the till down the centre of the table.
Guests not to touch anything other than their place at table
Windows / doors open
Supply of cleaning materials at each place at tables where each guest must stay
Portaloo in garden for guests
Plastic knives forks and plates, and cheap tablecloths and seat coverings which will all put in an old rubbish bin in the garden and burnt at the end.

jerometheturnipking · 09/12/2020 07:20

Good for you those who don't have such worries

You could argue that if you have such worries then that should be a sign that you shouldn’t be getting together for a day if festive stress.

Skipsurvey · 09/12/2020 07:56

what and leave people alone on christmas day?

LayTheTableMabel · 09/12/2020 09:53

I am desperately looking for a lateral flow test I can take on boxing day (once my secondary school step kids go to their mum) so I can take my new baby and toddler to see my mum safely. Before any one suggests we should leave it a year her incurable cancer has ramped up and this may well be her last Christmas. Anybody got any ideas of how to get a private test 26th/27th???? I am sure other people want to use the belt and braces approach by getting tested.

jerometheturnipking · 09/12/2020 11:28

Who said they have to be alone? There are other ways to see people on and around the Christmas period within the guidelines that sound a lot less stressful. I also wouldn't discount how lonely it is possible to feel in a room of people - a lot of the measures people are taking here, as they're described, don't sound like they make for a very comfortable or enjoyable experience. It makes you wonder what the point is when you could find alternative ways to meet.

Christmas isn't normal this year. Dancing around trying to make adaptations to "normal" doesn't make it so.

Thenumberofrebels · 09/12/2020 11:56

Masks and visors for everyone apart from when eating And the shoe coverings fitted at the door.
Perspex screens between places at table.
Those Perspex stands some shops have at the till down the centre of the table.
Guests not to touch anything other than their place at table
Windows / doors open
Supply of cleaning materials at each place at tables where each guest must stay
Portaloo in garden for guests
Plastic knives forks and plates, and cheap tablecloths and seat coverings which will all put in an old rubbish bin in the garden and burnt at the end.

Please tell me this isn't for real? Jeez I'd just wait until Easter tbh

TimeForLunch · 09/12/2020 12:03

Masks and visors for everyone apart from when eating And the shoe coverings fitted at the door.
Perspex screens between places at table.
Those Perspex stands some shops have at the till down the centre of the table.
Guests not to touch anything other than their place at table
Windows / doors open
Supply of cleaning materials at each place at tables where each guest must stay
Portaloo in garden for guests
Plastic knives forks and plates, and cheap tablecloths and seat coverings which will all put in an old rubbish bin in the garden and burnt at the end.

Xmas Grin this sounds fun

JamieLeeCurtains · 09/12/2020 12:19

I suspect Bushola is pulling your leg.

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Anotherducker · 09/12/2020 12:55

@LayTheTableMabel
I’m sorry to hear about your mum. I hope you manage to see her.

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LayTheTableMabel · 09/12/2020 14:14

Thanks @Anotherducker. I understand why people don't want to do all the things being discussed however, sadly this is the only option for some people and we can't underestimate the damage to peoples metal health just leaving it... if that is even an option.

Thenumberofrebels · 10/12/2020 10:26

I suspect Bushola is pulling your leg.

Yes, I do hope so, but given that the OP seriously suggested cooking the main meal in full PPE I was not above it being serious! Grin

kittensarecute · 10/12/2020 12:52

My Christmas will be as it always is - covid or no covid. I refuse to treat my own family like lepers. I will wash my hands on arrival if asked to do so but that will be it.

MadameBlobby · 10/12/2020 13:24

@jinglejanglerumbalows

Those of you on here who are carrying on as normal, and those that are scoffing at the measures others are taking; do you live in areas with very low case numbers? Or are you all isolating already? Or do you not believe in CV or how it spreads?
No, we are choosing not to see family this year.
MadameBlobby · 10/12/2020 13:28

@Skipsurvey

Good for you those who don't have such worries
What worries?

My parents are vulnerable. This is why we will all be staying home, preferable to the utterly joyless and miserable experience that Christmas in the homes of many PP would seem to be

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