Christmas 2020 - what will you be doing?

Good one, Splinter !

Every year without fail, we join my siblings and children for Christmas; regardless of where everyone is in the world, we fly home. But this year, it is just too risky. If there were a reliable instant-result test, we would be able to get together. But as it is, testing negative 48 hours before a gathering doesn’t really tell us anything. And of course much of the day is always eating and drinking (masks obviously removed), and at least partly indoors, where the current limit advised is 15 minutes’ exposure per 24-hr period.

So how is that possible?

Same as every year...with as little celebrating as possible. Weather pemitting we shall got to the countryside place where I shall make the late lunch/early dinner BBQ and drink beer while the wife keeps the MIL entertained. After we've eaten we shall get MIL back home before darkness falls and be glad it's all over for another year. As you can probably tell the missus and I are not party people.

This is a good year NOT to be party people!

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This is a good year NOT to be party people!

Truth be told every Christmas is the same for us virus or not....one advantage of having a very small family. Hogmanay is when we're more likely to get invited to gatherings. There'll be none of that this year thank goodness so no need to make excuses.

Our 50 strong Christmas do is unlikely to take place.

We have 8 over 70s in the group and clearly in the "at risk" category.

Not really too sure what we will do.

New year ? Norammly "only" 40 at that party . But thats looks unlikely as well.

Maybe Alberto has some idea....

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The whole world has gone f**ing mad!

There’s not much to add to this!

I'm one of these keyworkers, and I will be working, otherwise, I'd be bored out of my wittends

Yip, only the three of us plus the mother in law for the Christmas Eve splash.

We will have another family over on Xmas Day for and asado.

Still negotiating New year.....

My wife has invited her best friend who was widowed last year and her 90 mother to attend the Xmas Eve bash at the MIL's house. So only five of us in total. We'll take the cold picada style grub so no cooking. Meet around 8pm and should be over shortly after midnight as we'll need to take the oldie home.

As for Christmas Day....nothing expected to be happening.

What cold foods will you be taking, UK Man ? Expanded picada board, or other foods beyond cold cuts etc? I always have trouble deciding on foods for late evening gatherings.

No, really.

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What cold foods will you be taking, UK Man ? Expanded picada board, or other foods beyond cold cuts etc? I always have trouble deciding on foods for late evening gatherings.

For starters my wife scoops out the pith of large tomatoes and stuffs them with a rice and tuna/mayo mixture. Then it'll be meat matambre as well as an excellent chicken matambre a friend who has a food shop makes...I prefer the chicken one as it has prunes in it which work very well. She's making some empanadas as well. I suppose there will be the usual salad bowl along with potato and egg salad. Excellent ice cream for dessert.