Post pandemic Halloween/Christmas, what’s the plan?

[F the dust.]

After losing my mum on mother's day this year, I'm too sad to really celebrate. However my dear dad was reminiscing about his childhood Christmas's and I'm going to try to recreate a 1950's Christmas for him.

 

[SarahGard83]

Back to normal for us. Shielded for 146 days last year and not putting our lives on hold a moment longer.

 

[Purrrrrrr]

Back to normal here and have been for most of the time. I shielded for I think around two mths but then gave up

I am hoping we can have a proper Christmas as normally do the homeless thing all over the Christmas period as I hate Christmas but so look forward to volunteering as it stops me from thinking about myself and I meet so many interesting people.

 

[openbook1]

We don't have family in our province so typically it is just the two of us at Christmas which I don't mind. We go to the ballet on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day is really lazy.

 

[nbt]

Team Back to Normal here too. Can’t wait for trick or treating and to see family over Christmas.

 

[Tublet83]

Totally normal here, Halloween kids party this weekend. Trick or treating etc on Halloween.

Invited family over for Christmas - last year proved life is to short and I missed the chaos and not having enough chairs

 

[Notgonnalie]

Back to normal for us! Life’s too short

 

[xoxo GG]

Completely back to normal for us, we have quite a bit planned over the next few months that would have been frowned upon a year ago

 

[LittleMy]

Normality has resumed for us too. No more putting life on hold. We’re taking our four and six year olds Trick or Treating for the first time ever on Halloween. We’ll carve some pumpkins on the Saturday before. Don’t like Bonfire Night much, feel sorry for the pets and my children can’t cope with the noise due to sensory issues/ASD. We haven’t set our Christmas plans in stone yet but we’ll either have a quiet one at home again or spend it with family on the west coast.

 

[under the ivy]

I’m spending Christmas with my Auntie, who I’ve hardly seen for the past 18 months. She has been shielding due to having CLL, so I’m looking forward to spending Christmas with her! Christmas will be a bit different this year due to my brother not being very well, but it will be lovely to have a proper family Christmas this year!

 

[Web30]

All normal here, halloween party booked and trick or treating planned as well!

Christmas day will be just us at home then boxing day family party bring the normal on!

 

[Libbie]

Normality rules here too! If the last 20 months have taught us anything, it’s that life too short!

 

[Saddlesoap]

Probably normal,but ours are never that big of a deal anyways.

I'm a Halloween Scrooge. I switch off all the lights at the front of the house and stay in the kitchen and ignore the knocks. It will wind the puppy up this year and her barking will upset the old one, so I might actually put a note on the door.

Christmas is a bit unknown at the moment. But imagine it will be similar to normal. Christmas lunch with my parents, then they'll go go my brothers and we will enjoy the quiet. Normally my PIL would come over, but MIL is shielding due to cancer treatment.

 

[Oohthedrama]

We all know last year was legally cancelled by both Boris and SAGE member, Bette Midler



but is anyone putting restrictions on their own celebration’s this Halloween/Christmas/New Years?

Or is it pretty much back to normal for you?
with trick or treating/family get togethers/nights out etc?

 

[Jellybean093]

Back to normal for us. Although we did go trick or treating last year, and while we were out, we left sweets out for the neighbours and hand sanitiser
I am due a week before Christmas, so not too sure what’s happening, but after last years shambolic cancelling which saw us in tier 4 have our Christmas cancelled on the 19th December, we will be seeing family no matter what. We’ve been double jabbed, maybe even triple by Christmas.

 

[StrawberryCream]

Bonfire nights been cancelled in our town again this year, hopefully Christmas markets will be back on and I’ll be celebrating Christmas Day with my extended family whether they put us in another lockdown or not, over it.

 

[JLXRD]

Back to normal, we have booked to go to centerparcs with our family to celebrate the week before Christmas which I’m really looking forward to. Also looking forward to experiencing the lead up of activities out and about a bit more - fireworks, Christmas parties. So much fun.

Halloween we are going to a friends costume party. I love this time of year so I’m really happy it’s looking like we are going to get to enjoy it again.

 

[WilmaHun]

Back to normal for us. We have a big family meet up on Christmas morning round one of my uncles with all my aunties, cousins, children etc to give presents and generally just to see each other. There's loads of us that go and it's absolute chaos. I am looking forward to it as obviously last year was the first year I can ever remember it not happening.

On the other hand though, part of me did enjoy the quiet christmas last year!

 

[Prgirl_cesca]

Halloween I am going to the party I normally go to, and taking the kids to a few parties too.

Christmas we are having my parents over from Italy for about a week. Not sure now if that will happen if cases keep rising how they are and Italy may reintroduce quarantine rules.

 

[Dipdab]

My favourite time of year! Will both be normal for me regardless of what the government advise …