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Post by mikklynn on Nov 14, 2020 22:17:09 GMT
We have canceled all our gatherings. It will be just DH, DD, and me. DD works from home, so we are safe seeing her. I called it our circle, but my BFF told me it's a triangle, LOL.
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Post by dewryce on Nov 14, 2020 22:22:49 GMT
At this point, they are seriously altered. We were hoping to have a picnic Thanksgiving with my mom and brother (same household) sitting at appropriately distanced tables. But mom broke her shoulder and doesn’t think she will be able to make the 2 hour drive so chances are we will just be dropping off a meal for them. Hopefully she’ll feel better around Christmas and the weather will cooperate and we can try again then.
We canceled plans with DH’s family, they live twice as far. We are meeting them at a campsite not too far away tomorrow, so hopefully we can work out plans for a zoom Christmas then.
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Post by maryland on Nov 14, 2020 22:37:15 GMT
I am happy to cancel Thanksgiving and Christmas plans and just celebrate with our household. Not worth taking a chance, as we just saw how easy it was for our 17 yr. old to test positive (by eating lunch next to a girl that tested positive at school - the only time they can take off their mask at school). We will have a zoom holiday and keep everyone safe!
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pilcas
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Post by pilcas on Nov 14, 2020 22:47:09 GMT
I have not cancelled any holiday plans because this year we never made any. It will be me, DH, DD,DS and my parents. It never seemed like a good idea to make any plans as everything was still very iffy.
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gensmith
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Post by gensmith on Nov 14, 2020 22:49:07 GMT
We have. I had to call my older, mentally disabled sister and tell her we weren’t picking her up for Thanksgiving weekend and it broke my heart. She always comes for the whole weekend and we watch movies, play games and just laugh non stop.
She took it well but I’m so sad. Christmas will probably be canceled as well. Covid cases here are higher than ever.
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Post by anniefb on Nov 14, 2020 22:52:15 GMT
I was planning to travel to the UK at Christmas and spend time with my brother and his family. Of course that's gone out the window. I haven't made any other travel plans because everything is so unpredictable at the moment - and I don't do much domestic travel anyway.
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Dalai Mama
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Post by Dalai Mama on Nov 14, 2020 22:59:37 GMT
We knew back in April that Christmas would be iffy so we didn’t make any to begin with.
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Post by julie5 on Nov 14, 2020 23:04:55 GMT
Me. I kind put my husband to task after several basketball teams here tested positive and our niece and nephew play on travel teams. He would be beside himself if his parents got sick so I needed to open his eyes to that. His sister is having a planned cesarean the last week of November as well. Idk if she was planning to attend family get together a but IMO If she has half a brain she won’t. But me and my kids are staying home. I’m not participating in the term exchange. I really don’t think my in laws take the virus seriously and I’m getting through to my husband (finally) that he needs to step up and watch out for his parents. We live a mile from his parents so if anything happened, we’d be the ones to help them.
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Post by airforcemomof1 on Nov 14, 2020 23:57:42 GMT
No inside visitors at the nursing home where my husband is a resident. So no sharing any holiday meals with him. I will only be allowed to see him thru a window. Otherwise I will be home alone on Thanksgiving and Christmas. My son and daughter-in-law want to FaceTime but I am not sure I can. I just am too sad and fear it would turn in to an ugly cry for me. I will take their Christmas gifts (all bought online) and leave on their porch and hopefully I will be in a better place emotionally by then and can FaceTime with them.
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Post by dewryce on Nov 15, 2020 0:05:19 GMT
No inside visitors at the nursing home where my husband is a resident. So no sharing any holiday meals with him. I will only be allowed to see him thru a window. Otherwise I will be home alone on Thanksgiving and Christmas. My son and daughter-in-law want to FaceTime but I am not sure I can. I just am too sad and fear it would turn in to an ugly cry for me. I will take their Christmas gifts (all bought online) and leave on their porch and hopefully I will be in a better place emotionally by then and can FaceTime with them. I’m sorry, I know this is especially hard on those in nursing homes and their relatives!
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ellaknits
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Post by ellaknits on Nov 15, 2020 0:18:05 GMT
We knew months ago this season was going to get ugly, so we never made real plans. I feel really bad for my dad though - we'll Facetime him and check in several times both days, talk to everyone else by phone.
We have lots of singletons in each of our respective families, so it's typical that there are many individual phone calls on each holiday, wherever we happen to be.
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tincin
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Post by tincin on Nov 15, 2020 3:50:17 GMT
My holiday plans are typically the same year to year. My sister and I are the only two singles in our family so we typically do Thanksgiving and Christmas together. I will miss seeing her and her family. I saw them about a month ago. She lives about an hour away and I was in her town so we stood outside and chatted for a while. Her kids are almost like my own. But I can’t take the risk because I watch my granddaughter at least once a week and she hasn’t been out in public this year.
I’m in her bubble and I want to stay there. My DS and DIL stopped her step-mother from babysitting weekly because her and DIL’s dad won’t stay home. They travel back and forth from Florida to MI and several states to see friends. It was a good choice on their part because she just tested positive for COVID. Right now she’s doing okay but it can change so quickly. In the past few weeks I personally know 6 people who have contracted it.
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Post by candleangie on Nov 15, 2020 5:06:56 GMT
We mostly have. With myself and my kids all working in retail, we really have very little control over our exposure.
Thanksgiving will just be us at home. Christmas, my mom is coming for the day (she works for the same place I do) but I don’t think we’ll see anyone else.
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Post by gryroagain on Nov 15, 2020 11:32:32 GMT
My daughter and I decided last night not to return to the US for Christmas. My mom and my youngest daughter will be crushed, but it just feels so incredibly risky. I think things will only get worse after Thanksgiving...and we can’t expose my mom.
I’m so crushed.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Nov 15, 2020 11:44:38 GMT
We are just staying home and not seeing other family like usual. I have 2 other sibling families doing the same as us—staying home with only those who live with them.
However, my other 4 sibling families who are trump supporters are all getting together as we have in previous years—nothing is changing for them because they listen to the impeached, lying cheeto saying it’s no big deal, that he’s not shutting anything down, and we need the economy open.
We will have a lazy day, sleep in if we want, go on a hike, eat, play games, read...relax.
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Post by janamke on Nov 15, 2020 13:23:10 GMT
I have to say, the Peas have restored my faith in humanity. I’m so glad to see sensible, safe holiday plans. So many around my area seem to be carrying on as normal. While. It exactly scientific, a few Instagram accounts I follow put up polls and about 75% of people said they plan to carry on as normal.
Thanksgiving will be just our family of 5. I loathe cooking Thanksgiving dinner.
Christmas we are staying home, typically we travel to visit family for the week following Christmas. My mother in law is coming to us. We haven’t seen her in 10 months. All of us will be quarantined for 2 weeks prior.
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Post by Zee on Nov 15, 2020 14:04:20 GMT
I'm secretly pleased that SIL is too afraid of Covid to enter my house so even though I'm working and it won't really matter to me, home will be a quiet place this year.
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rickmer
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Post by rickmer on Nov 15, 2020 14:42:58 GMT
didn't make any plans. my mom acknowledged last week that it will be a strange christmas with all of us in our own homes finally.
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pinklady
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Post by pinklady on Nov 15, 2020 16:36:00 GMT
Why cancel? Bringing a deadly disease to people with little to no immunity is a very authentic Thanksgiving reenactment.
**sarcasm intended**
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Post by refugeepea on Nov 15, 2020 16:53:52 GMT
No holiday plans have been canceled by my extended family as well as my husband's family. While I find it very frustrating my family is taking a whatever approach to covid, their attitude is do what makes you comfortable. There are maybe three families out of several who do take it seriously. Hell, even in my own house there's disagreements about covid and politics.
My husband's family? They've already said we use our son as an excuse not to visit, my husband is an alcoholic (because if you drink on the weekends that is an alcoholic), we are going to hell, I'm an idiot since I voted for Biden, I don't have a job so I don't get what it's like for those employed, and I don't care about my husband losing his job. The only person I give a shit about in that family is my MIL. There are a couple of siblings that are okay, but I don't want to bother with making an effort.
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Post by anxiousmom on Nov 15, 2020 17:10:35 GMT
Yes. My mother always hosts, but has said no this year. I currently have 2 sisters and a BIL who are recovering from Covid, my brother and his family are traveling to visit my SIL’s parents as her father has early stages of dementia and...so on. End result is that we have effectively already cancelled thanksgiving. Christmas is up in the air.
We are in Florida so outdoor is no issue usually. But I guess it will depend on cases. We are not welll known for our compliance with masking and distance-even within family who, like other families, have a wide range of views on what risks they are willing to take.
Can’t say I care about thanksgiving but I live alone and Christmas might be very difficult for me to be alone.
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