![]() “I’m going to be spending Christmas with my boyfriend and his housemates now. Christmas is such a pressurised time of year anyway that we should try and be as kind to ourselves as we can.” “I think my advice to anyone in a similar position would be to just do whatever the fuck you want that day – if you don’t wanna have a roast and just wanna eat pot noodles all day then do it. It’s a nice opportunity to make our own Christmas traditions! Boxing day will be structured around the Premier League and Linda McCartney sausage rolls. My partner also managed to bag the last bottle of knock-off Baileys in Aldi, which is nothing short of a Christmas miracle. For the big day itself we trekked to a far off Asda on Sunday to get our beloved Quorn roast. We've just moved here together from London and have talked about doing our own Christmas before so it’s a nice opportunity to do that – it would have just been nice to do that on our own terms. “We’re going to spend Christmas in Manchester now. “My advice to anyone in a similar position would be to just do whatever the fuck you want that day – if you don’t wanna have a roast and just wanna eat pot noodles all day then do it” – Jess, Manchester It's yet again terrible leadership – Unrealistic, unstable, but ultimately unsurprising. Only being able to mix on Christmas day is impossible for so many people in this country. If Christmas couldn’t happen then fair enough, but to be told 5 days before is a joke. The cost of train tickets, buying food to have in that we hadn’t planned for, all this stuff adds up. As well as being obviously gutted, a small part of me was almost relieved because I was so anxious about making my parents ill. We normally take it in turns to see each other’s families each year. “Me and my partner were supposed to be going to Reading to see my parents for a few days. We caught up with a few people who have found themselves having to make last-minute arrangements due to the tighter restrictions, and spoke about how they plan to rescue their Christmas. In the midst of all this, people are doing what they can to get by this winter. The situation is so bad here that yesterday 40 countries immediately banned all UK arrivals due to the dangers posed by the new COVID-19 strain, which was known about since September but action on which was taken only yesterday. Not for the first time this year, large swathes of the population have the government to thank for ruining absolutely everything in the most excruciatingly embarrassing way imaginable.
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