Anyone choosing not to spend Christmas with family?

[Rosemary88]

Just that really..with the new variant is anyone too anxious and choosing not to see family at Christmas?

No. The opposite if anything.

No

We can't keep living in fear. As long as everyone is well and taken LFT then please done let coronavirus put you off spending time with family.

Yes, my mum has been very ill recently and none of us want to increase her risk of catching covid while she is weak.
We are seeing a different set of family members, as are all my siblings, and we will meet up with mum when she’s better. We will all chat/ play online on Christmas Day.

Kind of. Had three parties planned. Going to Christmas party and small New Years eve party. Skipping the 50+ people boxing day party. The New Year's eve party includes someone vulnerable, and do not want to be an asymptomatic spreader.

My family are all too anxious, so we are celebrating at home. I feel a bit sad about it as my parents are getting older and I don't know how many more Christmases we will have together, but I respect their decision.

I am past worrying about covid now myself. I'm triple jabbed, plus dd and I had it in October. I take sensible precautions to protect other people, but honestly, I just want to get on with life now.

Nope, can't wait to see everyone.

OP are you anxious that you will catch it, or do you mean passing it to vulnerable family?

I had the option of seeing eight different sets of people and also taking my Mum to the cementery. We cancelled one event, have met up once with people for a meal who we trust to do LFTs and be honest over any symptoms, and couple of friends on two different occasions outside.

That leaves family. My DM and DD's friend are coming tomorrow providing we're all negative/no symptoms. We had mulled wine with the garden yesterday with one set of family, going over to another set of family for the same shortly (except it'll be port before noon,!) and then the third lot we were meant to be going for a meal next week but have put it to them we do something outside - my BIL wasn't very happy but when DH put it to him it's because we care, be got it.

I think understandable if you’re worried about vulnerable family or you’re extremely vulnerable yourself.

Otherwise - no sorry I think that is an overreaction.

Yes (for second year running). We're expats and getting back through French border very fraught currently and you have to have a very serious reason for doing so. I also don't want to put my family at risk (quite a few over seventy years) or get stuck in uk myself.

I also think it is sensible just to stop travelling for a bit to protect health services and inhibit the spread of Omnicron.

I am sad though

God, no. I'm not anxious at all. Although I'm not seeing wider family until Boxing day.

We were meant to be visiting my DPs but they don't want us to go, so they are choosing not to see us.

My adult dc are coming to us but they’ve always been in our bubble. I don’t have any extended family living anywhere near so never see them at Xmas anyway.

Going to say something very selfish now - in fact I will whisper it, next year Dh and I don’t want to host the adult dc we want a Christmas to ourselves.

Nope, I’m not anxious at all. None of us are testing. We don't care anymore as we have had the jabs, we’ve risk assessed and are happy to go ahead. If Bozza doesn’t put some law in I will be going to a party on 27th as well.

No, we are carrying on with all our plans as normal. Not going to restrict our lives anymore .

No, not at all. Actually hosting a Christmas dinner with 24 guests including grand parents/grand grand parents. Same as last year. We’ve all had two or three jabs.
I told grand grand parents and grand parents we could do a smaller dinner at a different time but they don’t want to hear about it, they just want to live as normally as possible and spend time with the family.

I’ve bumped some family to next week. My friends have covid currently. So it will be a quiet one.

Nothing to do with covid! But will be having Christmas at home this year with just DH, 2DFurbabies and 2 DC! Can't wait for a Christmas without all the drama, expectations and stress!

My Mum, Dad and Uncle were due to come and see us for Christmas but cancelled last weekend as there's a huge amount of Covid in this area (SE).

A couple of my colleagues have tested positive so I took an lft but it was negative so I'll be seeing my sibling and my dad tomorrow. They are aware that I had to take an lft and as grown adults, they've assessed the risks to them.

I was supposed to be going to my parents. But they cancelled, as my sister is getting married in January and they are worried about getting covid. So I'm on my own. They then tried to talk me out of the alternative plans I have made. Which is probably more risky than visiting them. But since I have to work new year. I see little point in staying at home on my own.

Yes, but I am 36 weeks pregnant with a number of appointments and possible c-section over the next couple of weeks. We can’t risking getting Covid and cancelling any of it, and if DH tests positive he could potentially miss the birth. We’re both jabbed and boosted but in London so cases are wild here and we just don’t want the worry.
Our families agree it’s the most sensible thing to do, and I’m not too fussed tbh. Will have a chill Christmas at home!