Are you sharing baked goods this holiday season?

No to both.

I’m making cookies to share with my immediate household but I’ve definitely scaled back my usual holiday baking.

We've had COVID so our house is cootie free. But no, I will not be sharing outside of my immediate family. I see on FB pictures of dozens of cookie platter and just no.

I'm baking and sharing. I'll be dropping cookie boxes on the porches of some friends and coworkers next week. I made sure to ask recipients if they would be welcome.

I have been teleworking since March and have only gone out (masked) to the grocery store once every week or two. DH was tested last week in an overabundance of caution because he had a sinus infection that had some of the same symptoms as Covid. He is on a Z-pack, is feeling better, and received his negative test result yesterday.

Whether I would eat something someone else shared would depend on a variety of factors, whether I trusted that person to be meticulous about handwashing, whether they had been socializing with others, whether they worked in an environment with others, etc.

yup

Neighbors and random acquaintances? All the noes.

I am sharing some things with my parents and one of my siblings, but we work together and are already in the same bubble.

My mom sent us a box of homemade cookies. We are eating them. Covid wise, my parents are taking the same precautions we are, so I'm not worried about that.

For those who would not eat homemade gifts, do you feel that restaurant workers, grocery workers, food production workers are taking more precautions than home cooks?

Yes. COVID doesn't seem to be transmitted via food. We eat takeout, most people I know do. Our elderly neighbors brought over baked treats the other day. We ate them. I will take some to them and other neighbors next week and leave on their porch. If they don't want to eat them, they won't. And that's their choice and fine by me. But I will still make and give. Also to family members (but I KNOW they will eat them).

No, and I usually would. I suspect a lot of people would throw it out.
I'm giving smallish bags of Lindor truffles instead.

I have come to believe, like at least 2 PPs mentioned, that eating food is not associated with acquiring covid.
We didn't do any grocery shopping or takeout during the first three months of the pandemic but now regularly get food from our two favorite restaurants.

If you have science based reasons for avoiding foods prepared by others, please do share. I'm genuinely interested and want to learn more about this.

For me, it isn’t about avoiding food prepared by others. It is avoiding the social aspect of dropping things off. I just don’t want to be put in the position of someone coming to the door when I drop something off. So many people have ring cameras nowadays you can’t even be sneaky about leaving something on somebody’s door step.

My region is back on a stay at home order as well, trips to the grocery store for Christmas baking is not something I consider an essential errand.

I answered no, but it's because I have a couple of house projects going on. Will still be making my Christmas Trash, but have scaled that back to just enough for family and my housekeeper who loves the stuff. Like flanz, I figured most people would just toss it so why bother.

Would I eat a food gift? Sure, if it were something I liked. We do take away from restaurants at least once a week, so why not?

I don’t think you need to be sneaky, in fact I would rather know where it’s coming from anyway. Why not just text them a heads up that you will be stopping by with a treat and will be leaving it contactless on their porch?

When I have stuff for my BFF, I just text her to see if she will be around so it’s not sitting outside for the squirrels and then let her know I’m dropping something off for her on her deck. Works for me.

with a few close friends

I'm not even sure if I'm sharing with my husband!!