What's everyone doing for xmas?

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Just wondered what everyone has/hasn't got planned and what tier you're in. This isn't a thread to judge, I'm just interested.

We're in tier 2. We only arranged yesterday for my Mum to come up Xmas Eve (with her sat in the lounge extension) as we weren't comfortable with having her but she's on her own. We were going to open presents/a festive drink. Four hours later DH notified he had to isolate. Surprisingly fine with it, although it would have been nice to get a couple of walks in. None of our family friends are seeing eachother so we all have plans to drop off presents at doorstep. My friend is dropping off a present, BIL want come near, other BIL thinking about it. So now lots of eating, drinking, watching films, games and me singing along to xmas carols

We are tier 4.... original Christmas Eve plans were to pick up food order from M&S, go to the farm to see Father Christmas - then a nice dinner at Cote before home, getting the girls to bed (age 5 and 3 months!). Now - still getting the food order but then home and takeaway! We've decided to spoil ourselves and go for the local Thai place which is delicious but a little too expensive for a 'normal' Friday night sort of takeaway!

Christmas Day plans were always to spend time together just us - I'm so pleased we planned it that way from the beginning or else the disappointment of entering tier 4 might have been very hard for my 5 year old - and me! We'll hopefully have our usual post Christmas lunch walk! We'll be Skyping the family which we are looking forward to! As my mum pointed out, we usually only see her decs but this way we can all see each other's! We are doing a family Skype quiz on Boxing Day!

Oh - and defo watching The Polar Express Christmas Eve with a hot chocolate! We all love that movie!

T4.

Me and 2 dc for Xmas - just as we planned.

It's all about food and films here.

Tier 4.
Spending the morning at home with dc. Then going to mums for dinner and sleeping over so she can have a drink.

Staying at home, me, DP and DD. In fact a local restaurant has just delivered the ingredients for our Christmas dinner!

Tier 2. PIL are travelling to their second home today, which is near us, and we're going there on Christmas day, leaving Boxing day. My BIL and his family fled a Tier 4 area during the announcement to stay there for the Christmas period. We're all breaking the rules in one way or another.

Nice meal, movies, games and treats. Staying home and having no guests even though we could based on the tier system. Simply not worth the risk for one day with a roast.

Tier 4 here. We decided back in early Nov that we weren’t going to see relatives on Christmas Day so Saturday’s announcement doesn’t really affect us.

Christmas Eve
Go for a walk in a local country park in the morning. After lunch probably chill out watching a film or something. After dinner we’ll go for a walk around the local area looking at the lights. Going to do slow cooker hot chocolate to come home to.

Christmas Day
Staying home, lunch around one and then afternoon watching TV.

Boxing Day
May go to National Trust to do Peter Rabbit Winter Trail in the afternoon. Plan was to meet PIL there but can’t now.

It’s a good job I’m getting new wellies for Christmas, I’ve got a feeling we’ll be doing lots of walks over the next two months (oh well think of the fresh air).

Tier 4, just me & DD17

T4 Essex was going to see my parents so gutted but now just us 4 might meet them for a walk Xmas day as my parents are suffering mentally

Tier 2 here. My mum and stepdad are coming today and will stay until 27th (support bubble). Christmas eve we will go for a walk to see peoples lights and then come back to a party food buffet and try to get my boys to bed at a reasonable time.
On the day I am doing all the cooking and am looking forward to hosting.
The main plan is to eat, eat, eat.
Wishing you all a lovely time

Just me and my two teen dc. Sadly we're not able to live with dh at the moment because of covid, so a bit of a sad one for us.
We'd normally have a houseful, extended family etc so it's going to be very different.
Luckily we really get on as a trio, they're lovely beings and we'll eat lots of nice food, play games etc
We shall definitely be watching polar express on Christmas Eve and I will definitely sob!!!

We are tier 2. I have a 4 year old and a baby so we have a support bubble with my parents and my brother (who lives with them), which is lucky. To be honest if we didn't have the bubble we probably would have been doing the same thing though.

We had a Zoom get together with the extended family last night.
We are dropping shopping to my grandparents on Christmas Eve morning so will say hello and merry Christmas and let the kids chat through the window.
We are going to my parents on Christmas Eve until Boxing Day.
We are going for a walk with PIL on boxing day afternoon, followed by mulled wine in their garden.

Tier 2, home with DH and our four teens. One DS comes home from Uni tomorrow from a tier 3 area he also works in retail and presents a risk to my parents. Siblings all live in different areas. We usually have a big gathering between Christmas and New Year, will miss that but we'll manage. We usually visit friends for NYE, they're pressuring us to meet anyway but I'm not doing it.

Tier 4 but we had decided to just spend the day at home weeks ago. Lucky really as DC2 is isolating until 30th December (school seem to have counted 14 days for her though?)

My dad is going to my sister (both alone, but in a support bubble. We lost our mum very suddenly a few months ago and I'd be heartbroken at the thought of either of them being alone!) They've been self isolating and live a short walk away from each other.

Tier 4

Xmas eve maybe meeting my sister outdoors.

Xmas day, me and my teens at home (single parent). Will feel like a normal day but am hoping to make it nicer than a normal day. (Disclaimer, normal days should also be nice!)

Tier 4. Just me and DP. No family or visitors, just not worth it - January is going to be a shit show as it is. Looking forward to peace and quiet, no pressure, and lots of food and films.

Tier 2. Plan is to have PIL over for Christmas day. They are in their 50s, not a major risk, MIL doesnt work and FIL works alone outdoors. We have a 6 week old and a just potty trained 2 year old so didnt fancy driving. My family live abroad, so cant see them.

However, I am now awaiting a covid test result, so we may just be cooking the goose for ourselves.

Tier 1, but I have no family here, so me and my two teens. It will be as we planned, covid or not: presents, brunch, kids do their thing while I cook, dinner about 5, then couple games, movie...
If there was no covid we probably would have visited my stepsons and cousin at some point near Christmas, but both would require overnight stay. Both are in tier 4 so not going anywhere. We go to USA every other year, and went last year luckily.

Tier 3, DH, 2xdc and mil whose our support bubble for Christmas day. We had planned to get together with my mother on boxing Day but we've all cancelled. I will see my mother over the next few days but it will be distanced, we sit in her conservatory and talk through a window. She's going to my sister's so isn't in her own.

Mil was going to see her other grandchildren on boxing Day. They to have all cancelled. We're staying out the way, using zoom to our advantage and hoping we all stay well enough to get together when it's safer.

We're making no plans until we know what's happening. We're all prepared for 8-12 weeks of lockdown coming our way.

I can't see the value in risking it at this stage when there is light on the horizon once we get out of the dip that's coming.

BIL and family here for Christmas Day. Tier 2.
Christmas Eve is a walk in the woods and singing outside.
Other than that, lots of DIY.

Tier 4 London. Was going to visit my
Mum for the second time this year. Am going to visit my MIL on Christmas Day but will be by myself on Christmas Eve and Boxing Day . I am a teacher so don't want to risk too much contact with my vulnerable MIL.

No idea. Seeing family involves breaking rules & DH is loathe to do that (not my family & I don't usually see them at Xmas anyway).

Friend (in bubble) said she wants to host us but isn't answering calls to confirm plans...

Luckily I don't mind a 'nothing' Christmas day. I can clean the windows or something useful.

Tier 2. Having my parents over for Xmas day. Then off to stay in a holiday cottage near MIL overnight (also Tier 2) who we plan to meet outside for a walk and coffee on the beach. SIL and family are stuck in Tier 4 and were supposed to be going down for before Xmas, so we are just using the last night of her booking, rather than staying with MIL for a bit longer as we’d originally planned.
We had covid back in October, so should be low risk anyway.

We are Tier 3, but in a low incidence village within that tier. My parents, who have been in my support bubble ever since support bubbles were introduced, are staying from Christmas Eve till Boxing Day, so there will be 5 of us: me, my two children and my parents. None of us are especially vulnerable but my parents are late 60s, so we've been cautious in the lead-up. One of my daughters and I plan to go to the village church for midnight mass (it's ticketed, social distanced and masked) but other than that, we will stay hunkered down at home.