So angry about Christmas

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I was very up set at the weekend and now seem to have reached the anger stage. We are in tier 4, Christmas completely cancelled and not even allowed to meet in groups outside. Its been w hard year and I was holding onto the hope of seeing some family for our dds first Christmas. It’s so, so unfair that the rest of the country is allowed to mix with family for one day and we are not. Cases are riding in most places, lockdown imminent. Why haven’t they either locked the entire country down now, or allowed everyone one day at Christmas? When things were bad in the north, with rates higher than I am now, they were only tier 3 and would have been allowed Christmas Day. Now things are bad here and everything is banned. It’s not fair. Sorry just want to moan about it.

I do feel sorry for those areas who have had tighter restrictions all summer. It’s not really that I want everyone to have a rubbish Christmas too, it’s just going to be hard seeing the resting my family meeting up without us. I’m also worried that so much mixing in the rest of the country will prolong the lockdown we’re going to have in January. I know it’s only one day, but it’s the only day since March that people are allowed to mix without social distancing. One day in the whole year. And we have to miss it. I would have taken tighter restrictions for months earlier to have been able to have the one day family could have held our baby.

Tbh I wish we weren't allowed to mix on Christmas Day. We're in full lockdown here in Wales, cases are through the roof yet we're allowed to mix on Christmas Day. It's absolute madness! DH and I have regrettably cancelled our Christmas plans. The NHS is on it's knees. Christmas is just one day and can be celebrated at a later date. I'd rather all my relatives make it through to another year.

Sorry I should add I'm in South Wales in a very high area.

it’s the only day since March that people are allowed to mix without social distancing.

Not that it improves matters much, but if anyone wasn't planning to observe social distancing on Christmas Day with people they don't live with, they weren't actually following the guidance. Social distancing at all times whenever you're with those out of your household.

I really feel sorry for the SE and the tier 4 restrictions on Christmas but your post has really pissed me off.

It’s fine to feel angry, pissed off and upset. I’m not surprised you do. But comparing to areas of the Midlands and North who have been under tight restrictions for the majority if not all of the time since March and bleating it’s not fair on you is seriously out of order. Many of us have barely seen our family/friends for months, apart from occasionally outside.

Where I live we were put into tight restrictions in the summer when our cases were 17/100k. 17!!

From what I’ve read today, the new strain hasn’t reached us yet in greater Manchester. No doubt it will. Let us at least have Christmas as we’ve had fuck all else most of the year

This is why.

I'm angry too. I haven't seen family since Jan. I won't see family until at least Spring. I hate it, I was fine in the first lockdown but it's now getting me seriously down.

However, I accept it because it's not about me.

It's not all about the tiers either. I'm tier 2 but haven't seen my elderly parents (also tier 2) for months because they've made the decision to keep shielding until they're vaccinated, as have my DH's parents. So no Christmas with any of them this year. It's all crap, but everyone's crap is different and you can't assume people are better off than you just because of the tier they're in. Not directed at you, OP, just speaking generally.

I would feel angry too. The latest lockdown was meant to mean that people could see a few friends or family in a very controlled way over Christmas.

None of the nights out, Christmas parties, pantomimes etc from other years would have happened. So it was going to be a very scaled back Christmas with the opportunity to see a few loved ones only anyway.

At the same time, exposure would have been reduced within schools for 2-3 weeks over the holiday. Seeing two other households was not asking very much.