Preparing for Winter V

Whitefiver

Same here Primrose (and others). The virus doesn't know it's Christmas!

Chloepad1

Our little household won't be travelling over Christmas.  Staying very close to home.  

annieb64

We've  just told DD not to come up at Christmas.  She lives 250 miles  away. The roads will be a nightmare.  It's  just not worth it with two small children. 
Getting a bit fed up with  all the Christmas  adverts on television  already.

Primrose

And an excellent excuse, perhaps, for avoiding all those difficult relatives/visitors  who always turn a Christmas reunion into a difficult situation and cause so much stress within families.  Some people will be thanking the virus and breathing a huge sigh of relief.  "So sorry but we,re having to be doubly careful at the moment because of XYZ health conditions  so have reluctantly decided to avoid all visitors" .  For some people this Christmas will be manna from heaven in terms of avoiding domestic strife ! 

Mummy2cheekymonkeys

Primrose said:

And an excellent excuse, perhaps, for avoiding all those difficult relatives/visitors  who always turn a Christmas reunion into a difficult situation and cause so much stress within families.  Some people will be thanking the virus and breathing a huge sigh of relief.  "So sorry but we,re having to be doubly careful at the moment because of XYZ health conditions  so have reluctantly decided to avoid all visitors" .  For some people this Christmas will be manna from heaven in terms of avoiding domestic strife ! 

This is me. My family always want us to go round and its always very difficult to turn them down without them getting upset. I used to go when it was just me and my husband but i have 2 toddlers with autism now and its just too much. Its never a relaxing experience. I'm actually glad that this year i can just get a free pass as it were.

ceewash

I think all those elderly people, grandparents should tell their family not to come. That would help enormously. Lots of us sons and daughters etc feel pressure to include older relatives in Christmas so they are not alone. It would take pressure off. 

-taff

And what should these lonely pensioners do instead?

gran3

I'll have my elderly mother over for Christmas lunch, flying visits to sons and Grandkids, who are local.  Thats it. No parties, no pub, no eating out.  Short term pain for long term gain. Easier with vacinne on the horizon.

MingVase

-taff said:

And what should these lonely pensioners do instead?

Get peace, do their own thing, and be bloody thankful they aren't in danger of catching the virus maybe?

baggins11

Although to be fair there is a big difference in risk between mixing inside and outside so in the summer it was easier to mix in a safe way.

I would never presume to tell someone they should be lonely at Xmas nor would I want anyone to be. But if I was vulnerable I just wouldn't risk it especially as we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Everyone has to manage their own risk and live with the consequences.