Will you be cancelling your Christmas plans?

[Illy605]

With the impending news that the govt may do a U-turn on the relaxation of the rules over Christmas, will you be cancelling whatever you may have had planned with family and friends?!

I only ask as I’ve seen so many people posting on social media that there’s no chance they are cancelling now, this close to Christmas.

I must be in close contact with hundreds of people everyday due to my job, I travel from region to region- tier 1, tier 2, and tier 3. It just seems unreasonable that I might not be allowed to spend a day with a couple family members who are also out and about for work everyday.

@KatherineJaneway your cats will be overjoyed to have your undivided attention all day too!
I reckon we'll all feel stronger on Boxing Day. A sense of 'yay, we made it!'
I think putting a few strategies in place if you're struggling may help? Whatever you need to get through it. I reckon you might surprise yourself by how well you do. I wish a season full of unexpected joy. Take care

@WanderingFruitWonderer Thanks

Unfortunately my cats have had me home almost exclusively since mid March and I do suspect they throw a party when I do go out 🥳

I have a plan forming for the day so will be OK. Hope you will be too

No. There'll be 2 households (us and my parents), 6 people in total. My parents live 250 miles away and I've seen them twice since March so we won't be cancelling unless someone tests positive.

Yes, we'll do fine. It's lovely that our respective decisions have been made, and we've got a good week to form plans. I'm so grateful to have avoided a last minute disappointment. All will be well, for both humans and cats. We can do this!

No won't be changing now. 3 households but 2 of those are bubbles. 1 with mil 1 with single great grandparent. They are joining us through choice. Theyve barely seen anyone this year due to shielding etc. Both it's a real possibility to be their last Christmas so they want to spend it with us together . I'm not saying no.

Yes, it will be just our household. Was going to be three (plus a single person). I feel happier knowing we’re doing the right thing.

@WanderingFruitWonderer you’ve brought a tear to my eye! Also restoring my faith in humanity! That’s a beautiful post. Not only my mums experience, but another simple experience I had made me really address my behaviour. It was a very smartly dressed elderly gentlemen, struggling to push his trolley around the supermarket - firmly adhering to the guidelines, while not far away from him a group of people where chatting and laughing without masks. He doesn’t deserve to die a horrible death on a ventilator.

Yes, just our household for the whole school holidays

Aww, thank you @Wrecktal. That's a very kind thing to say...

No. We've done a collective 'risk assessment' taking into account things like infection rates in our areas (low), everyone's broader well-being and our various levels of contact with others (very little, all retired or WFH), what with us being grown adults and all. Nothing has changed for us from that POV.

@WanderingFruitWonderer there are so many great zoom ideas out there - we’ve played guess the Christmas song with kazoos, we’re doing ‘who can make the most ridiculous thing out of quality street’ (I’m going to melt a box full of quality street today and make a cheesecake), who can make the tallest tower out of marshmallows and pasta, a scavenger hunt in the dark (turn all the lights off and find things with torches), a sprout themed zoom party (make a sprout cake/decoration) etc etc

@SomewhereEast if you are not breaking the guidelines for your area, I’d say that’s fine. My problem is that if it’s acceptable for people to make their own risk assessments and ignore guidelines, some will do this sensibly and others wont. If you ignore guidelines, it spreads that message that it’s ‘ok’ to ignore guidelines to others.

Absolutely no intention of cancelling our plans. We will be seeing all 3 of our adult children, fingers crossed. Two of them live in the same town as us and the other is hopefully travelling to stay with us. Can't wait!

Nope. Seeing everyone as planned. Can't wait!

@99victoria and @LadyLazaruss if you are breaking guidelines you should be utterly ashamed of yourself.

What makes you think we are breaking guidelines? My daughter lives alone and is in a bubble with us - judgypants!

@99victoria because your ‘can’t wait’ post comes across as self centred, when others are faced with Christmas alone - or not seeing loved ones in order to keep them safe. And yes - I will judge. I’m fed up with being ‘nice’.

Jesus christ

Can’t people be excited for Christmas now?

So, because some people are going to be alone at christmas I should be too! Bloody hell - what has our society become?

I can't express the fact that I'm looking forward to seeing my son for the second time since last christmas because some people can't see (or more likely, choose not to see) their family?

[quote Wrecktal]@99victoria because your ‘can’t wait’ post comes across as self centred, when others are faced with Christmas alone - or not seeing loved ones in order to keep them safe. And yes - I will judge. I’m fed up with being ‘nice’.[/quote]
Doesn’t come across self centred in the slightest. Sounds like a mum looking forward to spending a day with her kids after a tough year.

Unreal how judgemental and righteous some people have become throughout this pandemic.

@RufustheSniggeringReindeer

Jesus christ

Can’t people be excited for Christmas now?

Nah, apparently not anymore. Any sort of joy these days and you get emotionally blackmailed

just me and my hubby, hope to see family via zoom , different of course we will be using zoom to interact with family, I would not like Boriss job one little bit , so so stressful , damned if he does and damned if he doesnt , we must take part of the blame at least , if we had all done the social distancing and mask wearing then i really believe the virus would have been on the way out, too many selfish folks i`m afraid

Unreal how judgemental and righteous some people have become throughout this pandemic

This! This is what has killed me more than anything. People have become horrible, judgemental creatures, completely lacking in empathy, obsessed with an idea collective misery, full of hatred for anyone who dares to try make themselves happy.

How can 2 posts saying ‘ I can’t wait for Christmas’ deemed as anything other than self centred in an open forum where people have literally just posted about the sacrifices they’ve made? If you had a conversation with someone who said “I’m alone this Christmas” would you reply “I can’t wait - I’m having my whole family over”.