What will your Christmas be like this year?

Antares35 · 25-09-2020 12:46am #1

After the year we've had (and are still having), what kind of Christmas are you in the mood for/ planning? I've heard some people have started shopping online already. Who knows what way the pubs will be. Probably won't be any office Christmas parties!

I know it sounds terrible, but I'm not really even in the mood for Christmas this year and wouldn't mind if it was just cancelled, and we had a big hooley in 2021! We had our first child this year, and OH's family still haven't met her, because of covid (they live abroad), and I just feel so sad about that

In the past, I would have been into buying lots of presents for close family and sometimes lost the run of myself. This year, I can't be bothered trying to get lots of gifts online. I've already floated the idea of just one gift each and everyone is in agreement. Christmas day, just have a nice meal and a bottle of wine. It's definitely going to be simple and low key for us - perhaps it should have been like that all along!

What are other people's plans/ feelings?

bobbyy gee · 25-09-2020 12:50am

Home Alone

An Ri rua · 25-09-2020 12:52am

Antares35 wrote: »

After the year we've had (and are still having), what kind of Christmas are you in the mood for/ planning? I've heard some people have started shopping online already. Who knows what way the pubs will be. Probably won't be any office Christmas parties!

I know it sounds terrible, but I'm not really even in the mood for Christmas this year and wouldn't mind if it was just cancelled, and we had a big hooley in 2021! We had our first child this year, and OH's family still haven't met her, because of covid (they live abroad), and I just feel so sad about that

In the past, I would have been into buying lots of presents for close family and sometimes lost the run of myself. This year, I can't be bothered trying to get lots of gifts online. I've already floated the idea of just one gift each and everyone is in agreement. Christmas day, just have a nice meal and a bottle of wine. It's definitely going to be simple and low key for us - perhaps it should have been like that all along!

What are other people's plans/ feelings?

It will be different. And low key, yes.

But it's even more important to celebrate during hard times. Most of us are virgins at hard times. Christmas during hard times (the 80s or the 50s for the really seasoned Boardsies) were all the more special because of Hard Times.
Hey it's the stuff of Dickens.

Congrats on the baby. Extract the joy out of life. What will be, will be.

endacl · 25-09-2020 12:53am

Full lockdown. Even the people who live here won’t be allowed in.

Gonna be the perfect Xmas!

corner of hells · 25-09-2020 12:57am

Hopefully heavy snow from the 22nd of December with power failures sorta mixed in with a die hard scenario.
I have a stove and I'm gona burn everything, neighbours fences , sheds ,gates and so on.

More realistically, I'm rostered in work over the Christmas.

NSAman · 25-09-2020 1:02am

Will be stuck in the US not having seen my family for a year ... with elderly mam that is difficult. She has already started lamenting the fact that I won’t be home at Christmas. We always travel to Ireland at Christmas it’s a tradition and has been that was since I started living abroad 20 years ago.

With lots of family turmoil this year thanks to deaths and illness, it’s going to be difficult not being there. Just hoping that things change enough so that we can all be together.. fingers crossed.

Del2005 · 25-09-2020 1:05am

An Ri rua wrote: »

It will be different. And low key, yes.

But it's even more important to celebrate during hard times. Most of us are virgins at hard times. Christmas during hard times (the 80s or the 50s for the really seasoned Boardsies) were all the more special because of Hard Times.
Hey it's the stuff of Dickens.

Even during the worse of the recessions in the past you could go visit friends and relatives. This year we won't be able to do anything social inside or outside so can't be compared to what anyone has experienced before. No pubs, parties, people coming home from abroad and most likely no mass!

Hopefully the only thing special about this Christmas is that it's a once off. There won't be a widely available vaccine for a few years so the restrictions could be in place till there is one, that's if they can make one since some people have got Corvid-19 twice.

Leg End Reject · 25-09-2020 1:12am

I hope it will be low key, some good food, a few drinks and a chance to relax in the darkest days of winter.

I'd like to be able to have a couple of nights out with friends and family, nothing crazy, just a few hours of comfortable drinking and chatting.

An Ri rua · 25-09-2020 1:43am

Del2005 wrote: »

Even during the worse of the recessions in the past you could go visit friends and relatives. This year we won't be able to do anything social inside or outside so can't be compared to what anyone has experienced before. No pubs, parties, people coming home from abroad and most likely no mass!

Hopefully the only thing special about this Christmas is that it's a once off. There won't be a widely available vaccine for a few years so the restrictions could be in place till there is one, that's if they can make one since some people have got Corvid-19 twice.

That's that damned bird flu??

Point taken but, again, most of us are virgins to hard times. Hard times is war, not just less money for pints...

BeerWolf · 25-09-2020 2:07am

My Dad won't be here to celebrate Christmas with the traditional family gathering. Despite being divorced with my mother now for the past decade, and is in his 70s, he still comes along every year from abroad. But thanks to COVID-19 he can't come.

KungPao · 25-09-2020 2:34am

I'd like a regular, normal Christmas. Eggnog, a f***in' Christmas tree, a little turkey...

Happydays2020 · 25-09-2020 3:14am

I think a lot depends on what kind of Christmas people have.

- If you have a Christmas which you see as downtime within the family unit with nice food/wine and outdoor walks and TV binging with some family visits then it will probably not be hugely different to normal.

- For people who have family coming home and big family gatherings it will be a tough one.

- For people who love the work Lunches , parties and big nights out, it will be a much quieter one. For people who dislike this side of things then maybe they will be happier.

I do think that there needs to be a proper plan in respect to places of worship this Christmas. Closing churches at Christmas after Easter was shut will be tough for many people with strong faith as well as the a la cartes.

Humberto Salazar · 25-09-2020 3:18am

No drunken work parties, no uncomfortable company lunches with dry turkey and ham. Sounds good to me. I will thoroughly enjoy.

The Young Wan · 25-09-2020 5:41am

Unless things seriously cop on, I'll be stuck abroad having not seen my family all year. My country of residence was on the green list but will be taken off on Monday, so I can't even take the week I was planning to go over and see everyone

25-09-2020 5:46am

Same as every year. A non-event in a country that doesn't care about it. Will have less pangs of home sickness this year I suppose.

mojesius · 25-09-2020 5:54am

Low-key, Christmas movies on tv, M&S food in the oven job.

We're moving into our new home early December and will have a 2 month old and a 3 year old so I ain't trekking around anywhere or having loads of people over. We'll do the place up nice and festive though! Very excited ðŸ˜„

25-09-2020 5:59am

Can hopefully get to the parents for the day, that's all that matters. We'll put a tree up in our own house and all too.

Gruffalux · 25-09-2020 6:08am

I like a quiet Christmas so no change. A rest in midwinter.
I was thinking of putting lights on a few outdoor trees. Have not done it before. The lights are one of my favourite things. Maybe if everyone did a couple of trees in their gardens with lights this year it would be cheering for all of us. Tasteful now, people. Delicate little twinkling stars here and there. Don't go overboard!

IamMetaldave · 25-09-2020 6:36am

An Ri rua wrote: »

That's that damned bird flu??

Point taken but, again, most of us are virgins to hard times. Hard times is war, not just less money for pints...

There are plenty of examples of “hard times”, not just war. The fall out from this situation in terms of loss of life and businesses (globally) is beyond a war (with exception to the obvious ones). The controls of people can and can’t do is beyond those of wartime. The lives people have now compared to those of wartime (assuming you mean WWI & II) are vastly different, and then they could go see people and socialise without restriction. I know what you’re getting at, but hey it’s all crap and at the end of the day, it’s gonna be a quiet Christmas. Just be thankful if you have people around you and think of all the families missing someone at their table due to the pandemic and any other reason for that matter.

Eggs For Dinner · 25-09-2020 7:39am

I think Christmas 2020 will be as miserable as it always is. Horrible time of year

lisasimpson · 25-09-2020 7:47am

Its the kids i feel sorry for. No santa visits...st a cerrtain age that magical. Had planned to take the newphew to the panto this year for his birthday o well

screamer · 25-09-2020 7:47am

My Christmas will be as it always is- what I make it. For me it’s not about work parties or pub crawls or even piles of stuff. It’s downtime with my family, about the only real time we have off together in a year, and I love it for just that peace and quiet, to be thankful for the past year and hopeful for the next. Christmas cocooning about describes it, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’ll make sure the lights are nicer and brighter than ever.

monkeysnapper · 25-09-2020 8:15am

People will have to get creative this year ...
We started getting bits and Bob's for kids ..

I know our kids wont miss much of the stuff outside anyway.... they love the decorating of the house and making things.

It's no bother for people like me with young family s .... we can make our own Christmas..... I feel sorry for the young people.....

When I was in my 20s i loved christmas and partying , flirting with the young ladies at the work partys.

Wanderer78 · 25-09-2020 8:18am

Hopefully not as painful than it normally is

cj maxx · 25-09-2020 8:29am

Dreading this Christmas. Always a drama and this year more so no doubt.

Baybay · 25-09-2020 8:32am

Always have a drinks party at home on Dec 23 & while I enjoy hosting it, I don’t think I’ll miss the preparation on top of all the other Christmas bits to do.
Not too bothered about pubs although it is nice sometimes to see who’s home etc.
Forgot about mass last year... so possibly won’t miss going to that either.
Really won’t miss the pressure to invite extended family members for Christmas. It’d be grand if they came for dinner, a movie then home but they’re a bit far away so it tends to be a two or three day thing.
But I’m really looking forward to being with our own little family, the inventiveness of the gifts bought for under a pre agreed low set price, twinkling lights everywhere & we all love to cook, sit, drink wine, chat, sing & play cards.

JohnnyFlash · 25-09-2020 8:48am

Heap of cans watching Die Hard.

Ush1 · 25-09-2020 8:54am

Feck Christmas, what about Halloween??

Porklife · 25-09-2020 8:55am

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Heap of cans watching Die Hard.

I call that Friday night.

Graces7 · 25-09-2020 12:31pm

screamer wrote: »

My Christmas will be as it always is- what I make it. For me it’s not about work parties or pub crawls or even piles of stuff. It’s downtime with my family, about the only real time we have off together in a year, and I love it for just that peace and quiet, to be thankful for the past year and hopeful for the next. Christmas cocooning about describes it, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’ll make sure the lights are nicer and brighter than ever.

Perfect expression! And a wonderful post. I have been doing that for many years. I made my peace about many things way back and truly enjoy the time and yes the reflection. And the true meaning of it all. And honouring the memories of loved ones long gone. And if there are tears? Fine.

Just me and the cats.

And yes to lights! And a huge star on the driveway.

KungPao · 25-09-2020 12:57pm

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Heap of cans watching Die Hard.

A Die Hard 1 & 2 double bill for me. The second is off the pace of course. But John McClane at Christmas all the same.

Ho Ho Ho.

What will your Christmas be like this year?

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