Are you cancelling your xmas drinks?

[Panacotta]

I have xmas drinks planned with a fee people next weekend. Wondering if should cancel or just all do a test beforehand?

I have a child at school and another working in a public facing setting. Which he has done For the whole of Covid. I’m not cancelling.

Nope. I'm not living my life in a shit, lonely restricted way because of a disease that will never go away. I've had my jabs and non pharmaceutical measures can fuck right off. If I get ill I'll stay inside and stop socialising.
Fair play to anyone who doesn't want to go out, but it's not for me anymore.

no plans at all for Xmas drinks socialising outside the home.

We are however still planning to go away to a cottage so we can see DMiL who is over 90, CEV and otherwise alone.

It's priorities.

Nope. I'm not living my life in a shit, lonely restricted way because of a disease that will never go away.

Exactly a lot of lockdown lovers dont, understand there are people who live alone and need to go out for social contact.

Nope. Squeezing every drop of joy and connection from life.

No I'm not cancelling anything. I plan to make the most of things this year.

Nope. Just been down the pub to meet friends. It was heaving. Got three things planned next week and 4 the week after. I'm triple jabbed and wear masks when needed.
I work in an area of retail that got shut down very heavily in the first lockdown and many businesses didn't recover. It has affected many of my friends and colleagues.
My part of London is still very heavily hit by the high street closures that happened as a result of covid. I'll be giving the hospitality section my full support.

My part of London is still very heavily hit by the high street closures that happened as a result of covid. I'll be giving the hospitality section my full support.

Good on you many of the people on here still expect the restaurants pubs and bars to be there when they want to go next year despite not supporting them.

I wouldn't cancel.

At any moment a blonde that of a bloke can pop on our screens, hair freshly brushed with a toffee apple, spouting about just another small sacrifice bla bla.

Everyone should go enjoy their drinks.

Work cancelled ours for us.
I'm unsociable anyway and didn't particularly want to go (although drag myself along each year!), so don't care. The company have given the venue the full price regardless (set menu), hopefully they can stay open as it's a lovely place.

No

We did, was meant to be meeting a friend last night but she felt it was too much of a risk so close to Christmas and I’m a nurse working over Christmas (full household has to isolate here too) so safer to avoid crowded bars etc mum isn’t coming from down south so quiet Christmas for us this year

Yes. Mutually agreed with friends. We all want to prioritize Christmas and are happy reducing contact in the week before to do that.

Yes. And No.
Dh and I went to our respective works Christmas do's on Friday night. We cancelled visiting friends on Saturday. My mum cancelled lunch at ours on the day after Boxing Day.

Really hacked off now.

Why do people who cancel get called ‘lockdown lovers’. Says a lot about some people doesn’t it?

I wouldn’t dream of calling those going ahead reckless, selfish anti vaxxers. But if you weigh up what you feel comfortable with and cancel, then you love lockdown?! No accounting for intelligence really.

Generally I’ve been out and about all year, but have cancelled a few things last week and this, as have Christmas with elderly/vulnerable relatives so I think it’s the only sensible thing to do.

Cancel or don't don't pretend you are high and mighty

Just don't expect the venue's to be there next year when you have neglected them.