How many people actually understand the Christmas bubble rule?

[BananaPie]

It’s supposed to be three households in a bubble, and no mixing outside that.

So if we visit MIL on Xmas day, and she then visits BIL and his family on Boxing Day, that is it. None of us are supposed to see anyone else indoors for the rest of the 5 days.

Do people generally get this? I don’t think it’s been all that clear in the government comms, and seems like loads of people are going to break the rules, and we’ll see a huge number of cases among the elderly in January.

DON'T PANIC.

JOHNSON IS DOING A PRESS CONFERENCE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NO LONGER CONFUSED.

@RedToothBrush

DON'T PANIC.

JOHNSON IS DOING A PRESS CONFERENCE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NO LONGER CONFUSED.

Ha ha! 😃The daily mail has the headlines ' Christmas chaos' Well, no change there then ! Wales has added another level to their misery from Christmas Day ( because he doesn't want them enjoying themselves too much ) and Nicola has changed the rules before they even become new rules. So they clears that up then .. ?

Fudge isn’t just for Covid, it’s also for Christmas.

Give me strength.

The guidance has really not taken into consideration any family that is blended. We have my fil in our support bubble so we're counted as one household, mil and her partner are coming Boxing Day then we are visiting husbands cousin and wife (who are not seeing anybody else over Christmas due to complicated blended family situations and I'll grandparents).

Mil is swearing blind that they are not seeing anybody else through the window but I can absolutely guarantee that she and her partner will be going to see his three kids in separate households who are almost guaranteed to have their partners families visit. I've asked her point blank several times as we want to see dh's cousin and his wife, but I still don't believe her. I'm not seeing any of my side of the family to adhere to the rules. I really don't understand how they can police this though.

With some of the so called bubbles being bandied around there are more bubbles than you get out of a child’s bubble tub.

It’s utterly ridiculous.