Holiday plans and restrictions

Is anyone's plans for the holidays going to be changed due to restrictions or will you still be doing the same thing you always do? Also, if you have to change plans or not have people over, are you okay with that or disappointed? For me, I think things will still be the same, not a lot of people. Although I will admit, if no one showed up, I would actually be happy since, as I've stated in the past, I hate company and don't like to be with family members and force interactions. So for me, if things do change and less people than usual show up or no one shows up, I am perfectly fine with that. What are you plans? Are you staying home this year? Just wondered what you guy are doing.

For Thanksgiving I'll be home by myself. I'm going to fly to meet my parents at Christmas.

Oh okay cool.

I think I’ll be having 2 very small Thanksgivings instead of the usual huge one. One with my mom, sister, brother in law and my 2 nephews the day before Thanksgiving at their house. Then another with my mom, my brother, my aunt and my aunts boyfriend on Thanksgiving. It’s still in planning but that’s what it looks like.

As for Christmas hopefully it will be the same as usual with just my sister and her family.

Oh okay. Not a bad idea. That’s pretty nice.

Mum’s 92 so we’re not going anywhere. Covid is on the rise around here. We might order food from a restaurant to go. Prepay and just pick it up. For Christmas it’s looking pretty much the same. I’ll mail the grandkids their gifts cause they are in school and dance. Gotta protect mum. I’m fine with it, relieved actually. I hate the big to dos. This is heaven not having to mingle

Nothing. Nada. Last year we were planning to go to my daughter-in-law's parents for T-giving. Now, no. No Christmas anything. No Hanukkah anything, except at least I can light my menorah. That's something. And my birthday is in late December. Maybe I'll watch a movie on Amazon.

I'm making a Thanksgiving dinner but it's just for myself like it is every year since I live alone. Christmas I'll put up a tree, listen to Christmas music, make something nice to eat or order something, and watch Christmas Eve mass online, and exchange gifts with my family.

Yeah makes sense and yeah it is heaven not having to interact with others.

Well at least you’ll be able to relax.

Oh okay not bad.

I think I will just be sitting at home doing nothing. Normally I would go over my SIL's dad's place but her dad is 78.. so even if that went forward I wouldn't go.

I think I did get covid (or an extreme bad cold) last xmas by visiting my niece on xmas so I feel like that is a prime way to spread viruses.

Not sure about Thanksgiving or Christmas yet.

Thanksgiving I'll either stay home and fix myself something nice for dinner (I live alone). Or i might drive across the state and fix dinner for a friend. Haven't decided yet.
I am really up in the air about Christmas. Normally I go to the same friend's hose for a couple of days to see her and her relatives. Problem is that her relatives come from out of state. With Covid I'm not sure i want to risk being around them.

If I'm home by myself on Thanksgiving I'm okay with that. The idea of alone at Christmas sucks. It's depressing. The only places I've gone since this started were work and grocery shopping. I'm okay with my own company, but am getting kinda squirrely about isolating after all this time. At the same time I'm one of those high risk folks. I'm not willing to get sick just to be able to socialize.

Oh okay. Yeah makes sense. And yeah viruses spread the fastest over the holidays it seems.

Yeah that makes sense. I can see why you would want to stay home.

I will be sat at home, on the sofa, watching muppet's christmas carol alone like every other year.

I probably won't have gifts (apart from ones I buy myself, which won't be much due to lack of money) and will stuff myself with turkey

honestly not really much to look forward to in terms of christmas, I don't even have any good decorations (when I was younger I had loads of good ones, now mine are pretty average). will listen to christmas music too (though I'm also listening to that now, so)

hope everyone has a good christmas

Oh okay not bad.

Well, usually my husband and I go to Florida for Thanksgiving. More as a vacation, not any kind of family there. We started that tradition some years back after too many horrible holidays seeing my father drunk and obnoxious. This year we will stay home for various reasons. My psychiatrist thinks we should celebrate it with my sister and brother to have a "family meeting" about our father, but I doubt it will happen. I do not wish to host a Thanksgiving dinner because my house will either still be up for sale (don't want to make a mess) or just sold. We won't have it at my sister's house or where my brother lives (my dad's house) because those houses are so messy that it's impossible. My brother-in-law and nephew are on the verge of being hoarders. My brother is just an award-winning mess maker. My psychiatrist recommended going out to eat for Thanksgiving, and going somewhere where there is a private room for us. Going out is a likely possibility, but whether that includes my siblings, I don't know.

My father lives in an assisted living facility right now. They hardly give us times to even visit him, 6 feet away with masks on sitting outside the facility in the cold. We can't celebrate it with him.

Christmas Eve and day? We hope that we will spend that in Czech Republic with my husband's sister and nephews. We are likely going to be moved there by then. I hope. Czech Republic is currently having a terrible resurgence of covid-19 because they opened up too soon after the first wave. That's what happens when people think the virus is not that big of a deal.

I don’t blame you for not wanting to be with family. And yeah some places opened too quick.

For Thanksgiving it will just be me and my parents as always. We will have a scaled down Thanksgiving dinner. Turkey breast instead of turkey. Not so many sides but definitely pumpkin pie. We will probably watch Christmas movies.


For Christmas I'm not sure yet. Usually my sister and her family come down (all 7 of them) and spend time with me and my parents and my brother-in-laws Dad and Stepmom. But with Covid I am not sure they are coming. If they don't my parents might go their way but spend Christmas day with me so I won't be alone. My parents and I can't all travel at the same time because my older cat has diabetes and someone needs to be able to give her shots and she isn't a sociable sort of cat. I don't really care what we do for Christmas and whether or not my sister comes. It's nice to have them but it is also a pain and a hassle. They are noisy and loud and aren't very grateful for the gifts that they get. If my sister and family doesn't come we will probably have steak on Christmas. If they do come it will probably be Turkey or some other meal like Roast Beef. All I care about is that I get to go to Christmas Eve service at Church which will be held outside this year due to Covid. I took the day off of work in case it is held in the afternoon instead of evening due to the cold. I want to go to that service!

Oh okay nice. Yeah nothing wrong with having a scaled down holiday. Yeah having company over is a pain and a hassle. Especially if they're not grateful and are demanding as well. Hope you get to attend the service!

Depending on covid because my ,mom and brother are both ICU nurses we are going to have it in the garage with the door open. we will be having it buffet style and no one in the house with out a mask and only for the bathroom.

I am originally from the US, but haven't lived there for ages. My husband and I don't usually do anything for Thanksgiving. We tried one year, but the typical Thanksgiving food is kind of heavy and to hot for the weather here in November. Christmas we usually do just the two of us. My family doesn't live close and my husband doesn't have a good relationship with his biological family. Our friends celebrate with their families, typically, so we're on our own. Where we used to live we'd normally have neighbor friends over for a barbecue for New Year's eve. However, even if Covid weren't an issue, it couldn't really work for us to go there or for them to come here since it would be a situation where we or them would have to stay overnight. We have dogs, as do they, and it's a long time to leave the dogs alone. So, I guess it's just the two of us again. It's pretty much been like that since Covid started here.

Oh okay not a bad idea.

Oh okay not bad.