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Shall we delay Christmas until Jan 6?

87 replies

loveandroses · 15/12/2021 14:13

As it stands December 25 will be in the middle of a massive but really fast covid wave caused by omicron which is likely to overwhelm our hospitals, at least temporarily. If you infect your nan then they will have a huge amount of problem getting care . Shall we all just agree to spend Christmas with our immediate family and then have an extended family Christmas on January 6 instead?

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INeedNewShoes · 15/12/2021 14:14

If that works for you then do it.

Let's not forget that not everyone has immediate family!

Dghgcotcitc · 15/12/2021 14:14

No things will be worse in January- or any future date suggested!…did everyone remember don’t do Christmas you can do a family Easter from last year…didn’t work out so we’ll did it!

PurpleDaisies · 15/12/2021 14:15

No thanks.

Dontforgetyourbrolly · 15/12/2021 14:17

Probably best to ask your guests this .....

Theremoresefulday · 15/12/2021 14:18

No thank you.

All my children are adult. They are off work at Christmas.

One already can’t come home but if I wait til 6 jan then another will also be away again.

So. No.

girlmom21 · 15/12/2021 14:20

You crack on if you want but we'll probably be in lockdown by then and accessing healthcare will be more difficult.

itwasntaparty · 15/12/2021 14:22

By all do you mean your family or everyone? If the latter, no thanks jan will be worse and we'll prob be ina lockdown that's not called lockdown.

BestZebbie · 15/12/2021 14:22

Better to do Christmas this Saturday, tbh.

OompaLumpaLabrador · 15/12/2021 14:23

We moved our 'Christmas Day' forward two weeks, as my mum is due to start chemo on 22nd Dec and I can't risk passing Covid onto her. Instead, we are spending Christmas, not with immediate family, but with lovely friends and their kids, who are, like at, at low risk of becoming very unwell even if Covid creeps in uninvited. It's going to be a greedy, boozy day and I can't wait.

I can't imagine, if the predictions are even close to right, the situation will be anything less than dire by 6th January, and so if you are inclined to change or cancel arrangements, I'd be moving them forward to this weekend.

On the other hand, I do rather love the idea of an old fashioned Twelfth Night celebration as well as Christmas Day celebrations, so would be happy to join in the 6th Jan revelry.

Bellafrenum · 15/12/2021 14:29

I'll be sticking with the 25th but you do you.

LuckyAmy1986 · 15/12/2021 14:36

What if we only have immediate family who we spend Christmas with anyway and no extended family, can we just carry on as normal?

Remmy123 · 15/12/2021 14:37

Omg sorry but this is beyond bonkers - you automatically think you or someone will need hospital treatment?

Live your life this is insane

girlmom21 · 15/12/2021 14:39

@OompaLumpaLabrador I hope you all have a lovely weekend and your moms treatment goes well Thanks

trappedsincesundaymorn · 15/12/2021 14:40

I am. My adult DD is working Christmas morning and Boxing Day morning and the weekend of the 7th is the 1st one after Christmas that we are able to be together. She lives a 6 hour round trip away so being together for a few hours is not an option. When the rest of the world is taking their Christmas decorations down, mine will be going up.

trappedsincesundaymorn · 15/12/2021 14:43

Forgot to add, even if she was able to be here on Christmas day, it's 18 months too late for her to worry about infecting her nan.

heldinadream · 15/12/2021 14:45

By 'all agree' do you mean a) all the people on this thread b) all the people involved in your Christmas c) the population of the UK - 67 million or d) the whole planet?
a) ok if you like (but I can only speak for myself).
b) up to you love.
c) shall I send out the memo or will you?
d) might take a while to organise.

Honestly OP wtaf? Grin

User9529057 · 15/12/2021 14:45

We just have adult DS who is off work at Christmas like everyone else, if any of us get covid we will probably just meet in a month or two between any lockdowns, it will be a bit of a pita but stuff happens. No elderly relatives left to save

HardbackWriter · 15/12/2021 14:45

@Dghgcotcitc

No things will be worse in January- or any future date suggested!…did everyone remember don’t do Christmas you can do a family Easter from last year…didn’t work out so we’ll did it!
Oh yeah, all the sanctimonious 'why are people putting so much emphasis on seeing each other at Christmas, it's just one day, just wait and have a big family Christmas later' last December. Then it was May until it was next legal to sit in your mum's living room, and June before you could sit in your mum's living room with your kids and your sister could sit there with her kids at the same time...
duckme · 15/12/2021 14:46

Erm, it's a no from me. And my Nan.
ChristHmm

Waxonwaxoff0 · 15/12/2021 14:50

My nan died in 2014, so I'm OK thanks.

User9529057 · 15/12/2021 14:54

Are people on here about 10 who have these nans, I know I'm probably a bit older but mine died in the mid 80s

Waxonwaxoff0 · 15/12/2021 14:58

@User9529057

Are people on here about 10 who have these nans, I know I'm probably a bit older but mine died in the mid 80s
My grandfather is alive, he's 79, my mum is 52 and I'm 31.
PartyPrawnRingGames · 15/12/2021 15:03

There are rumours of a stricter lockdown in January and Scotland is already "advising" only 3 households mix apart from on Christmas Eve, Christmas day and Boxing day. So I would not be delaying any gathering just in case.

middleager · 15/12/2021 15:03

My mother is 75, she wants to spend Christmas with her grandkids. She's adament, after missing last year.
She's more likely to infect us though, given her active social life. She does love a good pub and club.

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loveandroses · 15/12/2021 15:08

Are people on here about 10 who have these nans,

A lot of people have elderly relatives who they see at Christmas. In my case it is my parents/FIL who are elderly and still alive although my nan only died recently.

I understand the wish to just get on with things. My personal view, having looked at the data carefully, is that December 25 -31 is going to be pretty much the worse possible period for the NHS. But we will see.

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