Planning for the Holidays

[Galway Eagle]

Anybody here trying to figure out ways to have some semblance of a normal Christmas or Thanksgiving?

My family just started trying to figure out a way to do Christmas Eve still figured if anyone has strategies it'd be a good place to bounce ideas off each other.

[Spotcheck Billy]

We've already crossed Thanksgiving off, no one in immediate family wants to risk getting together. My 89yo mother still has us get her groceries etc.
We haven't heard if Trick or Treat will be held here but we have decided we will not be participating other than giving small gift bags to the next door neighbor's kids.

[Jockey]

No get together for X-mas this year.

Gathering is always at our house, so I get the final decisions.

No hardcore trumpers in the family = no disagreement over not getting together.

[🏀]

The holiday spirit is dead, much like the soul of this once great society.


Eat at Arby's.

[Uncle Rico]

Sister isn't flying in for thanksgiving or Xmas.  Small gathering this year on my end

[The Sultan]

No large family gatherings for us this year. They may still happen but without us.

[Galway Eagle]

Thanksgiving has been completely nixed.

We had discussed doing a Christkindlemart style outdoor family party in a backyard. Obviously very weather dependent but doing Christmas lights overhead, outdoor christmas tree, hot drinks, etc it's a seemingly safe way to get everyone to have a celebration assuming nobody gets cold after a few drinks and goes indoors.

[MUfan12]

Thanksgiving it will likely just be my parents and brother at our house.

Extended family on my dad's side doesn't care about risk, and will still have a normal Christmas Eve. We won't be attending, and I'm debating how hard of a line to take with my folks on it.

[Billy Hoyle]

no way I'm getting on plane. My family is a 5 hour flight away.

Besides, no matter who wins the Presidential election on November 3 this country is going to be a dystopian hellscape when the other side loses their goddamn minds so staying inside is the way I'm going.

[GooooMarquette]

Nothing big for us this year. Too many elderly family members, and frankly too much risk even for others. The virus is way too widespread, and things will likely get worse in the coming months.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Both holidays are normally just my wife and I and the 2 kids plus my mom and my mother-in-law.  No mother-in-law this year because she's not making her normal international holiday travel from Poland.   Just 5.

[ATL MU Warrior]

My elderly mother is pissed because we are not packing up the family and flying to NE for family Christmas. I told her she's out of her mind for thinking we'd even consider doing so. She has multiple underlying health issues but, with the help of Fox News has convinced herself that it would all be fine. This despite a 30 year career as a nurse.

We do have my sister-in-law and her college aged son coming up from FL. But that will be all.

[mu_hilltopper]

Thanksgiving .. cancelled.  Christmas .. cancelled.

We'd given some thought to maybe all of us getting tested but .. the logistics are nuts.

I've lived in WI for 30 years now .. I've spent zero Christmases and .. two Thanksgivings here.   Gonna be odd.  And sad.

[Marquette Fan]

I think Thanksgiving and Christmas will just be my husband, kids and I at home.  This will be the first time ever I'm not with my parents at Christmas .  I haven't seen my parents in person since last Chrisstmas and am not sure when/if that will happen again.  My Dad has had some health issues so my parents are nervous about us exposing them to Covid.  We were going to visit them at the end of the month but how poorly Wisconsin is doing with the number of Covid cases made them reconsider our visit.  And as of now, we couldn't technically go for the long weekend we wanted to anyway as they live in a state that is requiring a 14 day quarantine for people from Wisconsin.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

We are thinking about locking down the week+ before Christmas so we can see family.

[The Lens]

We are thinking about locking down the week+ before Christmas so we can see family.

Our grade school is going full virtual for the 2 weeks before Christmas so that teachers / students can get in a 14 day Quarantine in the event they want to go see family for the Holidays.

[MUBurrow]

Thanks for starting this thread Galway.  While everyone's circumstances are going to be different, I already really appreciate seeing what other similarly-situated folks are doing.

We've pretty much ruled out any Thanksgiving get together, but that probably would have happened anyway due to work schedules.  Christmas is kind of an elephant in the room at the moment but the closer it gets the less likely any type of gatherings seem.  But I'm interested to see what creative solutions others are coming up with.

[4everwarriors]

Kansell Turkey dey, kansell xmas, chanukah, and qwansa. Blast da 'hole fookin' kountry and ekonomy into da stratosphere wit know gravity. Let da vid kontrol y'all's lives, hey?

[The Sultan]

We are thinking about locking down the week+ before Christmas so we can see family.

I should say that I think we will be doing something similar.  But the issue I have is that I doubt many family members will be doing the same.

[The Sultan]

Kansell Turkey dey, kansell xmas, chanukah, and qwansa. Blast da 'hole fookin' kountry and ekonomy into da stratosphere wit know gravity. Let da vid kontrol y'all's lives, hey?

I mean, we're still buying presents for people.

And it's like you aren't paying attention.  People proclaiming they aren't going to let Covid control their lives, are by and large the ones responsible for the ridiculous situation we find ourselves in now.

[tower912]

Late 70's parents opting out of both.   50-something siblings still undecided.

[MUBurrow]

Kansell Turkey dey, kansell xmas, chanukah, and qwansa. Blast da 'hole fookin' kountry and ekonomy into da stratosphere wit know gravity. Let da vid kontrol y'all's lives, hey?

Have Christmas as usual. That'll show da vid.

Killing grandma to own the libs is back baby.

[Uncle Rico]

Kansell Turkey dey, kansell xmas, chanukah, and qwansa. Blast da 'hole fookin' kountry and ekonomy into da stratosphere wit know gravity. Let da vid kontrol y'all's lives, hey?

Haven't seen anyone advocate that in this thread.  Have seen people say they're doing things differently this year and adjusting to a pandemic. 

[Skatastrophy]

Starting to get pressure from our "this is a hoax" relatives to get together, but they have been travelling as well as going out to bars this whole time.

We are, instead, going to have a friendsmas with people in Chicago that we know are taking this seriously. Probably get takeout from Alinea for Thanksgiving, but no plans for xmas yet. The pro-plauge relative are mad, but they are always mad about something these days. 

[GooooMarquette]

Kansell Turkey dey, kansell xmas, chanukah, and qwansa. Blast da 'hole fookin' kountry and ekonomy into da stratosphere wit know gravity. Let da vid kontrol y'all's lives, hey?

Nah, better for everyone to just go on living their lives. Like Herman Cain.

Oh, wait....