Shall we delay Christmas until Jan 6?

[loveandroses]

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?

So are we keeping all our children off school ? I think my work would be slightly unhappy if the entire “office” asked for annual leave on that day!

That was this summer when the restrictions were lifted and nightclubs and pubs opened etc.
Not through all the waves as suggested.

girlmom21 The graph is up to yesterday I think.

We have covid currently. 3 out of 4 of us will be out of isolation a few days before Christmas Day. Dd will not. She can go out Boxing Day. She tested positive 10 days after the first of us got it and dp is out of isolation tomorrow 😪 I'm gutted I won't be able to see my grandma as she is practically my mum - she won't be lonely as she can spend it with my two uncles!

No one will be stopping me see her around New Years when we are all recovered.

@loveandroses

girlmom21 The graph is up to yesterday I think.

Yeah so not in the first load of waves

If you don’t do Christmas in December you’re better off delaying it until the summer. January will be much worse than December.

So no, we won’t be delaying it (unless our hand is forced, e.g. someone actually has covid). We missed Easter to save Christmas 2020, missed Christmas 2020 to save Easter 2021, missed Easter 2021 because it was “just” a little bit longer. And now we’re supposed to “all agree” to miss another Christmas? Good luck with that, I’m not part of this agreement. I won’t be infecting my Nan since it’s a very long time since I had any grandparents.

My parents and in-laws have all had three vaccinations and frankly there would be a riot if we tried to keep them away from their grandchildren.

What a load of tosh.

No thank you.

I'm not sure I follow the logic. If the NHS is going to start to struggle, surely by the 6th January it will be in the middle of a massive crisis, and that would be as bad, if not a worse time to get together and potentially catch Covid.

I am also not sure I understand the issue with meeting family at Christmas. I work in an environment where there are people in and out all day, DH sits in a room with at least 20 other people daily for work. DS goes to school and sits in various classrooms of 30 people every day. At Christmas, while we are off school and work, we will probably see about 20 family members in total. So overall our mixing will be significantly less than it would be on a typical week. There must be a lot of other families that are similar.

Why is it always grannies?

WILL NOBODY THINK OF THE GRANDDADS?!?!

Do you mean your family personally or the whole country ?

If you feel safer meeting your own family on 6th Jan because this means you will have a couple of weeks to isolate after your last work contact - that's your decision for you and your family.

For the rest of the country it makes no difference at all and a lot of schools will have gone back by the 6th January (which is a Thursday).

@TheVampiresWife

Why is it always grannies?

WILL NOBODY THINK OF THE GRANDDADS?!?!

Aren't they all dead already?

(black humour disclaimer)

I am also not sure I understand the issue with meeting family at Christmas. I work in an environment where there are people in and out all day, DH sits in a room with at least 20 other people daily for work. DS goes to school and sits in various classrooms of 30 people every day. At Christmas, while we are off school and work, we will probably see about 20 family members in total. So overall our mixing will be significantly less than it would be on a typical week. There must be a lot of other families that are similar.

Most people have fewer contacts than usual over Christmas because they tend to spend their time with close family/friends and are more likely to be off work, as well as schools being closed. If anything, Christmas seems a safer time to mix with family than usual.

We missed Easter to save Christmas 2020, missed Christmas 2020 to save Easter 2021, missed Easter 2021 because it was “just” a little bit longer. And now we’re supposed to “all agree” to miss another Christmas? Good luck with that

Agree with this.

@RedToothBrush shit 😂😂😂

As my family only get 3 days off, that's a know from me. We are all triple vaccinated so will take our chances. No children coming

My Nan died in 1998 so no danger of killing her, my parents live a full social life and are more likely to infect us!

You carry on, but it's a no thanks from me - we will all be back at work, we are only allowed a certain amount of time off, can't be done. Chances are situation will be worse by 6th Jan anyway.

Sounds good to me!

You know what @loveandroses?

I live alone.

My kids are home from uni and work for the Christmas break.

One can’t get home at all (cancelled trip last night due to omicron).

I won’t see them Christmas Day because I’m divorced and we alternate so I’ll be sat like sad sack on my own all Christmas Day.

They’ll be with me Boxing Day and through to new year.

One is back at work on 28th. Other one goes back to uni on 8th.

So I’m supposed to sit alone all Christmas and all through until Easter?

Frankly fuck that.

@Theremoresefulday some people can't look past their own situations. Pisses me off!

Unfortunately it looks like it is already spreading to older ages.

@loveandroses

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?

Why the 6th Jan? Have I missed something??

The way I see it, it will be even worse by then?

Yup.

That is my fucking “immediate family”.

That’s it. That’s them. So I’m not supposed to see them?

Doing COVID lockdown on my own was fucking hard and near broke me. And now some half naked idea gets proposed on here that I should do it all again for god knows how long because it’s not affecting the op and it suits them and their family.

No thought for anyone else where the immediate family are working and only get Christmas off.

Dd works in retail. She’s back at work 28th.

DS is not coming home. Because COVID. My heart is broke over that even though I know it’s sensible. But I want to see him. I haven’t seen him since the summer.

DD2 goes back to uni on the Saturday or Sunday.

So that’s it. The op’s nice Christmas party that suits her family screws me over and leaves me sitting on my own like a cunt. Again.

And by the way. I’m not elderly.

Seriously. Fuck that.

What a fucking stupid idea. Who the fuck would ever implement this?

I hope to god boris doesn’t read this because I’ll not be doing it and if that means I break the law well so be it

@Theremoresefulday I know, it's so shit when people don't think about other's and their situations, only what suits them. I am sorry you have had such a hard time, sounds so tough for you I hope you get to see your soon as soon as is possible.