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<blockquote data-quote="MissLulu" data-source="post: 759011" data-attributes="member: 24721"><p>Hi everyone,</p><p></p><p>We don't celebrate Thanksgiving in Australia, so I don't have to worry about that one! </p><p></p><p>Part of me is dreading Christmas. I'm not sure what we're doing yet. I usually see my brother and his family at some point, but I'm not sure if it will be on Christmas Day or Boxing Day. It's likely that we will have a quiet one at home - me, my husband and my two younger sons. No idea whether difficult son will come. He has been with the same girl since March now, so I'm wondering if he will want to be with her family instead. It's awful, but part of me hopes so. Less drama that way. But perhaps her family won't invite him. I know this is probably the wrong attitude but I can't wait for Christmas to be over! It's difficult son's birthday 5 days before Christmas too, so I expect he will turn up here then. He can find time to see us when he thinks there's something in it for him!</p><p></p><p>RE covid: we are still being very cautious here in my state, even though we have had zero cases in the last two weeks. We did a very strict lockdown and now there's barely any virus in the country and no cases at all in my state. We are not taking this for granted, though. Masks are still mandatory in our state for the moment and the whole country is still on high alert for the virus. We're taking social distancing and hand hygiene seriously, and there are restrictions on crowds gathering etc. We had a big outbreak here (although it was tiny compared to what people have been through in the US and the UK) so the state governments all closed their borders to keep their own citizens safe. As a result we haven't been able to fly interstate for a few months. Now we have the outbreak under control, borders are opening up again. My husband's parents could come for Christmas if they wanted to (they're in another state) but they're in a high risk group so I think they'll probably choose to stay home.</p><p></p><p>Last Christmas we flew out to Malaysia for a holiday the day after Christmas, and it was wonderful. Oh, how I wish we could do that again this year!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MissLulu, post: 759011, member: 24721"] Hi everyone, We don't celebrate Thanksgiving in Australia, so I don't have to worry about that one! Part of me is dreading Christmas. I'm not sure what we're doing yet. I usually see my brother and his family at some point, but I'm not sure if it will be on Christmas Day or Boxing Day. It's likely that we will have a quiet one at home - me, my husband and my two younger sons. No idea whether difficult son will come. He has been with the same girl since March now, so I'm wondering if he will want to be with her family instead. It's awful, but part of me hopes so. Less drama that way. But perhaps her family won't invite him. I know this is probably the wrong attitude but I can't wait for Christmas to be over! It's difficult son's birthday 5 days before Christmas too, so I expect he will turn up here then. He can find time to see us when he thinks there's something in it for him! RE covid: we are still being very cautious here in my state, even though we have had zero cases in the last two weeks. We did a very strict lockdown and now there's barely any virus in the country and no cases at all in my state. We are not taking this for granted, though. Masks are still mandatory in our state for the moment and the whole country is still on high alert for the virus. We're taking social distancing and hand hygiene seriously, and there are restrictions on crowds gathering etc. We had a big outbreak here (although it was tiny compared to what people have been through in the US and the UK) so the state governments all closed their borders to keep their own citizens safe. As a result we haven't been able to fly interstate for a few months. Now we have the outbreak under control, borders are opening up again. My husband's parents could come for Christmas if they wanted to (they're in another state) but they're in a high risk group so I think they'll probably choose to stay home. Last Christmas we flew out to Malaysia for a holiday the day after Christmas, and it was wonderful. Oh, how I wish we could do that again this year! [/QUOTE]
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