Christmas restrictions

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What's your predictions on what NS will allow for Christmas? Still no mixing households? Cap on number of people? Just interested in seeing what other people think the rules will be by then.

Couldn't give a toss to be honest, will be something random. Only usually the 4 of us anyway, might have to plan for DS girlfriend in the mix. He will be coming home from uni regardless.

Worst case scenario just the 2 of us. Best case scenario just the 2 of us.

I reckon they might relax the indoor meeting rules to the rule of 6/2 households for a limited time only over the Christmas period. I fully expect to be under the current no indoor mixing rules right up until Christmas (possibly severe restrictions on hospitality too), so that when she announces the special Christmas relaxation we’re all supposed to feel really grateful for it.

I certainly hope I will be able to see my DPs and my DSis and family
I almost certainly will be anyway

There's an election in May, I'm sure she'll do whatever wins the most votes. Or cancel if it's not looking good for them.

I'll be eating Christmas dinner with my sister and family regardless.

Cancel the election, not Christmas

I think she might allow the 6 from 2 households indoors for Christmas day and Boxing Day. Who knows, depends on numbers

She can’t cancel the election, can she? Is it not fixed terms and set by the U.K. parliament?

Really? I hope that's true. Although there aren't many alternatives for those of us who are politically homeless right now.

Yes I think that’s one of the measures to try and fetter the authority of the Parliament. Could be wrong though!

We have had just the 4 of us for Christmas the last few years. I feel for my sister though as since she lost her partner she's being going to my mums with her 3 kids plus my brother goes there too. My other brother lives with my mum so that would be 3 households and more than 6 people so won't be happening probably

I would like it to be a maximum of 6 with no limits on households. That way I could have DD1 and her partner, DD2 and my DM. Am I asking for too much??

But NS likes her 2 household limit more than the rule of 6

DC aren't due to finish school until the 22nd, but I'm not letting my elderly MIL eat alone.

We're going to quarantine ourselves from the 11th. DC in agreement.

She would be better, at this point, suggesting measures like this and other ways to reduce risk as much as possible rather than just blanket ban it.

Doesn't matter what the rules are, I'll be having my sibling coming to stay with me regardless. Lost our mum during lockdown, had a rubbish time with palliative care, a mean tiny funeral and every business we have to deal with says "sorry it will take longer due to covid". Estate is still not finalised, ashes aren't scattered, family haven't mourned properly so I'll be having my sibling to stay for a week regardless! Both of us work from home, having our shopping delivered etc. I'm happy to take the risk. And no elderly relatives left to die!

I feel the same as MrsAmareto. Fuck Nicola.

@WaxOnFeckOff

Couldn't give a toss to be honest, will be something random. Only usually the 4 of us anyway, might have to plan for DS girlfriend in the mix. He will be coming home from uni regardless.

Exact same here

Add me to the list of not caring what she says any more.

I'm an adult, I will assess my own risk.

She’ll be feeling it too, missing her family. She’s human the same as the rest of us.
If people did what they were told in the first place we might not have such restrictions in place! It’s not the Government’s fault, it’s the public’s.

I wont be leaving either my elderly mother, single sister or dd2 to have christmas on their own either so there will be 7 of us

Bollocks is it the public's fault. All the way through this we've been told that compliance is high.

But Sturgeon kept us locked up all summer when cases were ridiculously low to further her own aims of eliminating it completely. She told us she was going to have an "adult conversation". We were told we were "protecting the NHS".

She has lost the goodwill of many because we DID protect the NHS and it wasn't good enough. We didn't see anyone for months through the spring/summer and that wasn't good enough either. The goalposts have shifted constantly and at every turn it's never been the Scot Gov making the wrong decision, it's the Scottish population being naughty.

I'm predicting they will allow 6 adults plus unlimited children from a maximum of 3 households. But even if nothing changes I can't see many people following the rules regardless.

Who really cares, it's just a day. All this angst about what will happen at Xmas is getting on my nerves. I'm just waiting for the asda/tesco /aldi adverts of families coming together over zoom. Yawn yawn yawn.
Do what you bloody like for one day then go back to the rules.

Although I wrote what I did above....I’m another one who will be spending Christmas with my parents AND my sister & her two children! As if the Police won’t have enough to do except going round the doors on Christmas bloody day!

@ssd

Who really cares, it's just a day. All this angst about what will happen at Xmas is getting on my nerves. I'm just waiting for the asda/tesco /aldi adverts of families coming together over zoom. Yawn yawn yawn. Do what you bloody like for one day then go back to the rules.

It isn't just a day though. My DD's need to travel 350 miles to be with us. They will want to come and stay for at least a week before heading off again. Not everyone has family just up the road.