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The problem with the narrative about Christmas is that often the people saying it are in happy living arrangements e.g with their own family. I am thinking of the people stuck in flatshares or in unhappy living arrangements who can’t bubble with family. That would suck.
Lots of people (including non-religious or non -Christian) LIVE for Christmas. It means a lot to them. Me included. If I had stayed in London I would be stuck having Christmas with my ex-landlord who had daily screaming matches with her son. It would have been HELL. Absolute hell
I’m lucky because my parents are my support bubble so it looks like I’ll be fine whatever happens but not everyone is so lucky. Can we stop being so disparaging about people feeling sad about Christmas being shit?! That’s not to say I think we should stop lockdown just for Xmas
But that I think we should remember that 1. It means a lot to a lot of people in this country & 2. Plenty of people do not live with the people they would most like to be with at Christmas & so it could be a very bleak day for them. It’s OK for people to say they are sad about it
Again this doesn’t mean that I think the government are right to factor it in so much in the midst of a pandemic. I have just seen so many tweets from people being rude about those who are sad about it being shit this year. Let’s stop being so judgy.
This thread comes after seeing that some official in the US said everyone should stay with immediate family for Thanksgiving completely forgetting that plenty of people live on their own or with flatmates. Would be great for people to remember that not everyone has 2.4 children.
