posted November 26, 2020 12:30 PM            

Here in Scotland, we have been advised that they will officially relax the restrictions, allowing up to 3 households to meet indoors (in most of Scotland currently the advice is that households should not mix indoors at all). However, some government figures are advising they will be sticking with the no meeting indoors guideline regardless, including the First Minister who has said she will take a walk with her parents outdoors to exchange presents.

I'm undecided. I make the Christmas dinner for 8 family members from 4 households every year, since it got too difficult for my grandparents. I'm considering holding separate dinners to reduce mixing and keep it short, or doing a Christmas dinner delivery service which could be fun

posted November 26, 2020 02:01 PM            

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Originally posted by PhoenixRising:
This has been the worst thanksgiving for me personally. No grievances or anything like that. It is just that people are solemn, shaken up with what happened starting the last few months. This is the first thanksgiving where not a single guest is around me. No turkey on the table (Hehe he is pardoned ) and a dampened spirit wondering what is the surprise desert this year. I will do a mental thanksgiving to thank the native Americans who taught us how to live and survive in the harsh American grounds. I will thank them for being patient with us. I am grateful to be still alive today. Everyone should feel blessed for taking the rich plague experience with them. This is not the first time a plague has hit them from past lives. But this one is something different in the sense, there is still a sense of unity amongst people giving hope that we will see better days ahead. The full moon of November 30 is a reminder to us and reflect on what will get completed by then. A new moon is sign of new beginnings where we sow new seeds. Christmas during the last weeks of December is a reminder that the days are getting longer than the night times and people every where celebrate it. But the Earth will lie exactly between the Sun and Jupiter/Saturn eclipse and this is a very rare event. I do not want to think negative because we live in such times that people who are blessed their words manifests. Hence I don't watch violence on TV news too.

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posted November 26, 2020 02:16 PM            

My area is in the highest tier lockdown at the moment, and they are reporting that it is having a beneficial effect on the rate of transmission in the community, so hopefully those numbers will be looking even better and they will downgrade us before Christmas. We've got a review on 11th Dec.

posted November 26, 2020 02:54 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
In Georgia, we do what we want. There are some local orders, but they are afraid to enforce them.

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posted November 26, 2020 10:16 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
It’s just local from the various tyrant mayors. We have a religious exemption for masks.

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posted November 27, 2020 03:51 AM            

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Originally posted by teasel:
Just me and my dad, barring anything coming up. He wants to be safe, too, and I have no time for people who would put him at risk.

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posted November 27, 2020 07:39 AM            

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Originally posted by vansio:
All alone in a foreign country. maybe the flat will empty, visiting their families

I spent christmas 2018 alone, catsitting for a friend, singing karaoke to myself.

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