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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Nov 11, 2020 2:49:04 GMT
I don't host, but I attend. This year, I won't be attending. For safe health reasons, I feel it's best to stay home. I plan on picking up a fancy dessert for myself. Finances have been tight this year, because of work being shut down, then less hours than usual. With that said, I'm sure my cat should still be able to splurge on a little something from her to me for Christmas.  |
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Post by beaglemom on Nov 11, 2020 6:08:26 GMT
Our plan at the moment is to do Thanksgiving at our house. Outside on our deck. Our immediate family, both sets of parents and my sister and her husband. We have all been pretty isolated. But as we get closer I am starting to worry that maybe it isn't a good idea.
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Post by Flowergirl on Nov 11, 2020 12:15:30 GMT
We (dh, me, ds who lives out of state, dd who attends college) usually spend Thanksgiving with DHs brother and his family and Christmas with my 2 sisters and their families.
Thanksgiving this year will just be DH and me. DHs bro is fighting COVID at home right now and SIL’s brother died Saturday from COVID😢. Work schedules and travel restrictions and work between NY and Maine where DS lives make it impossible for him to come home for the weekend. DD (who is in doing her clinical rotations for nursing school) is staying at her apartment at school since she can’t quarantine long enough before coming home. She’s been tested a couple times (all negative) as part of her school’s testing program for health sciences students in clinicals. We’re having a Zoom meal this year.
Christmas remains to be seen. DS and GF (who live together) will probably have enough time off from work to meet the testing/travel requirements and DD will have had time to be tested and wait before returning home between semesters. We will not get together with my sister’s family. Her son (my nephew) and his wife and son are in our bubble as I tutor his son during virtual learning here at my home daily. But it’s normally a large gathering (30) and there’s no way to safely do that. We’ll reevaluate when it’s closer to make sure it’s safe for even the 4 of us to be together.
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Nov 11, 2020 13:30:49 GMT
We have been going to my aunt's the past couple of years and my cousin, her family, and her in-laws come up from NJ & CT. They're still doing that this year (my trump loving aunt, who is a retired nurse, still thinks this is no worse than the flu) but I just declined yesterday. DS has been super anxious with the pandemic. When it first started he said "I just lost Dada (in 2019), what happens to me if you get the virus and die". It broke my heart and we've continued to quarantine because of this. Do I want to go? ABSOLUTELY. I miss seeing them. But am I going to take the chance? Nope. My aunt isn't socially isolating, my cousin and her family aren't either. As much as I want to go, it's not worth the risk to me.
I go back and forth between making a turkey dinner for myself (DS doesn't eat turkey) and just saying F-it because it'll make me too sad. I think it will be a game time decision.
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Post by candygurl on Nov 11, 2020 13:43:11 GMT
We are not having family over like we usually do. Maybe one sister since she has no where else to go. We plan okay driving by and maybe dropping off a pie. No contact and can wave from the car. I’m happy with this since we don’t have to plan and get the house ready lol
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Post by whipea on Nov 11, 2020 13:43:46 GMT
Sacrificing any type of holiday gathering so we and those we care about will be around for years of future events. It is missing one year as opposed to a lifetime of years.
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Post by peppermintpatty on Nov 11, 2020 14:18:22 GMT
It is normally my parents, sister-1 and her family and sister-2 and her boyfriend,my family of 4 and my aunt and uncle and one cousin. Sister-1 isn't coming this year bc her dh and one of her son's have to go into work everyday and they feel it's best to keep apart. My parents have an enormous house so they could easily eat in the kitchen and be really far away from the rest of the family but I understand wanting to be safe. My family stays home all the time but my dh has had to go into the office this week. He will get tested next week to be sure he is good to go. My dd is at school and gets tested every week so she will be good as well. Sister-2 and her boyfriend don't go anywhere either so they are coming. My aunt, uncle and cousin are not coming.
As much as I don't want to admit it, it may be my dad's last. We need to do this and there is plenty of room to stay safe. We go an have dinner with them every few weeks now.
So it will be 8 of us.
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Post by workingclassdog on Nov 11, 2020 15:09:42 GMT
Usually it's with MIL, FIL, BIL and family and my family. It will just be me and the kids this year. DH is out of town. We haven't brought up Christmas yet. Too sad to think about. I'm sure it will be about the same though. We just don't want FIL to get it. He's in decent health but he's probably the one that could really get sick if he got it. MIL is working though (at Target) so she is diligent about keeping clean and so forth.
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Post by flanz on Nov 11, 2020 17:52:40 GMT
Still TBD. We usually just have dh's parents and brother/sil/kids over for Thanksgiving day, it's likely that will be limited to just a quick dinner with his parents. My family is the tricky part. If we're all together (which we usually are) there's 28 of us crammed into my parents' house. I'm just not comfortable with that. I know I'll get a guilt trip if we skip it, I declined an invite to my niece's birthday party for this weekend (even said we're avoiding unnecessary group events) and got radio silence on the group text  Stick to your guns and skip it. If your family feels the need to guilt trip you...  It's hard, but please go with your gut and stay home. <3 |
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Post by twinsmomfla99 on Nov 11, 2020 20:11:37 GMT
We usually go to my mom's house for Thanksgiving, but not this year. She is 82, and my 56 yo brother is diabetic. I told her last week that we were not going to come, and honestly, I think she is relieved. Yes, she will miss seeing my girls, but there will be other opportunities when this is over. Too many cases have been announced where we live, and while I am pretty much confined to home, DH and my twins are out and about for work and school.
My brother from GA will be there, but he is even more socially-distanced than me! We haven't seen him since last Thanksgiving, so he is going to detour to our house on Friday morning before he heads back to GA.
DD in Richmond is going to be here. Again, she is working so potentially exposed, but her workplace follows protocols and no one has tested positive in her world so far.
I am going to take advantage of this opportunity to fry a turkey! That would not go over so well at Mom's, mainly because she needs too large a bird for the fryer. So we will see how the grand experiment goes!
As for Christmas, we will also spend it here. Our Christmas tradition is a movie followed by the Chinese buffet, but that won't work this year. Instead, we are going to pay for an in-home movie on the big screen in the basement, with a LOT of Chinese take-out that will serve as our buffet. We might even make some of our own dishes this year. I think I want to try making crab rangoon, one of our favorites.
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Post by shescrafty on Nov 11, 2020 20:21:37 GMT
Just the 3 of us for dinner. My BF wants us to go there as we usually do but her kids are out and about all the time and doing sleepovers and I don’t want to be inside with them.
For Christmas we will get tested so my mom can come be here for a few days. I am working from home and my son’s school is virtual. DH works so he is taking the whole week off so he can wait a few days and be tested before she would come. That is the plan for now at least.
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Post by christine58 on Nov 11, 2020 20:35:04 GMT
I think I want to try making crab rangoon, one of our favorites. Mine too... |
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Post by tyra on Nov 11, 2020 20:57:53 GMT
We always host Thanksgiving, and alternate Christmas between another family member and us. We have canceled Thanksgiving. We will assess Christmas when it is closer. We have a small family, there are 9 of us. Even if we have Christmas, I am positive that my cousin and her family won't come, so there will just be 6 of us.
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