Christmas plans in the year of the covid

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I would assume that most people here will have vastly different plans for Christmas this year than in other years. According to the news reports, in the UK people are banned from having Christmas dinner together.

My own plans are somewhat normal, but not entirely. We're having a Christmas Eve lunch at a niece's house about 40 miles away. I don't know who all will be there, but it should be fewer than usual.

Our usual holiday meals often include guests who aren't relatives. One guest who has been to Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners with us regularly for years is a guy from one of the Caribbean islands who has lived here since graduating from high school. He does not feel it safe to ever go home again.

One Thanksgiving dinner a few years ago, our guests included a number of college baseball players including one from Canada and two from New York City (my niece is married to a baseball coach). Last year, one of our guests was one of the Lost Boys of Sudan -- one of the most polite and most civilized people I have ever met. Other guests have included local cowboys and cowgirls who had nowhere else to go.

This year, I don't know if we will see so many guests as usual.

Also, one member of the family is in an assisted living facility about 20 miles away from my niece's house. I don't know if she will be there or not. If she leaves the assisted care facility, she will be completely isolated for the next 10 to 14 days. Of course, with there being a number of residents and employees of the combined nursing home and assisted care facility who have covid, they are really under a lot of restrictions now.

Just the Missus and I, with maybe a few family meetings via Zoom.

I didn't celebrate Christmas last year.

This year I won't celebrate Christmas, either.

Last year the popo showed up right before Christmas looking for one of my relatives.They didn’t bring presents.
This year will be a quiet one, just the dogs and I.

I live in a part of the UK separate to mainland UK.
We have different rules for lockdown although similar to the UK.

They have given us "social bubbles", people from 2 households who can meet if they have to,
although recommended not to.

We are also allowed to meet outside, if we have to, with friends etc.
But to keep the 2 metre distance etc.

We are allowed to travel on the bus and go shopping but have to wear masks.
Will likely meet up with one or two friends outside, have a beer with on xmas eve.
Then spend the rest of xmas either in on my own, or with my parents.

As it happens my mum is good at cooking and we should have some nice food,
a few beers etc.

Nothing too over the top.
Not really my thing either, but especially at the mo.

Celebrated Hanukkah with the sisters' family and brothers' family on separate dates. Masks at all times except when eating. Ate in separate rooms.

I'll just sit back and watch civilization collapse right in front of our eyes.

Fraid not, Sir.....

People have been contemplating the "collapse of civilization" since civilization started.......

I will come home in the morning, from work, have a TV dinner, go to bed.
I work that night, so I will have another meal before leaving for work in the evening.

Kraftie is a proud New Yorker.I doubt he thinks his city is a dumpster fire.

Normally we would either host or attend a Christmas dinner for 20-40 people. Not this year. Public Health Orders not to mix households At All have been extended to January 8th. We’re all abiding by the rules for public health AND to set a good example for the youngest generation that everyone has to do their part - the rules are for everyone; not everyone except us.

So, everyone on both sides of our extended family are Almost All staying home to our own households. One group intends to break the rules and gather, so the one person outside their bubble got a covid test and then is isolating until their Christmas dinner. I don’t fully agree with them breaking rules but at least they’re being smart-ish about it.

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Several incarnations ago, I cooked huge meals and many were invited. For many years now, I prefer to be alone or with Mr. B.

This year, just Mr. B and myself, a dog and 2 kitties.

We had our family Christmas dinner at noon on Christmas Eve. I didn't make it.

One Wednesday night, I went fill gas in the car so I would have enough. When I went to put the nozzle back in the tank, I tripped on the fuel island in the dark. My left hand took most of the hit and the left side of my head took a good bit of the hit.

About the most I can lift in my left hand without pain is my hat (7x beaver felt Resistol).

I nearly went to the emergency room Wednesday night but ended up waiting until Thursday morning. So at noon on Christmas Eve, I was at a hospital 60 miles away waiting for x-rays. I ended up eating Christmas dinner by myself at a KFC near the hospital.

Because the clinic closed at noon, they haven't seen my x-rays yet. I won't find out if there is anything broken until Saturday.