This time last year I remember being so excited for Christmas 2019. I had planned out who we were seeing and when. I went Christmas shopping with my mum (a yearly tradition) and there was a definite excitement in the air. It feels almost surreal that just a year ago things felt normal, they were just the same and we all just went about our lives without a care in the world. Fast forward to 2020 and we’ve lived through almost a year of Covid, social distancing, mask wearing and lockdowns. We’ve all changed so much in one short year (it doesn’t even feel like a year). Here is how Christmas 2020 will be one that nobody forgets and how to still make it special.
How Christmas 2020 will be one that nobody forgets
Back in January 2020 I don’t think anyone was expecting life to go the way it did. As we all pulled out our 2020 diary and started making our new years resolutions (Bridget Jones style) we all wrote about how we would love to lose a few pounds or go to the gym regularly. We might have mentioned working hard to get a promotion or maybe a new job.. I doubt anyone wrote ‘I want to survive a pandemic this year’. We just weren’t expecting it were we!? I know that I wasn’t.
It has been a year of complete ups and downs, highs and lows and everything in between. So much has changed and so much is still changing. I have to wonder whether this is our new normal or will go they go back to before? It is for sure that Christmas 2020 will be different.
Being single this Christmas
Being single this Christmas can be difficult, I’m not personally single but I do have relatives and friends who are. I know that especially with the 3 household bubble rule they have struggled with the thought of only seeing a handful of people over Christmas. Even if you don’t necessarily feel like you want a relationship, the looniness of being single this year has pushed people to find someone to spend time with. This can sometimes work but in my opinion relationships that you push yourself into usually have a short shelf life.
That being said, it is possible to find someone you really like even when you don’t think you’re looking for anyone. I wasn’t looking for any kind of relationship when I met my partner. I even told him that I just wanted to be friends.. 7 years on and we are still really happy together.
This year however, dating has been a little different and over the Christmas period this will continue. There won’t be the Christmas parties to go to, so you won’t meet someone that way. If you are looking for someone to spend Christmas with then you could try a dating site. If you’re looking for a date in a specific area then a quick google search should bring it up for you. Try keywords such as Suffolk dating site or Suffolk dating.
Being in a relationship this Christmas
For people in relationships this Christmas it can be difficult to choose who to see. This has lead to a lot of people saying that they just won’t see anyone over the Christmas period. I must admit I can understand why. I’ve compared this years Christmas to a normal pre covid wedding. It’s the kind of thing that you are always going to offend someone. You feel like whatever you do it will upset this person or that person. So just saying you won’t see anyone makes the decision much easier.
If you visit one set of parents then you really need to see the other set as well. If your parents are divorced or no longer together then you will have an even tougher decision to make. It is for sure that this year will be tough and could cause more arguments than its worth.
How to make Christmas 2020 special anyway
After a year of no going out, strict rules, online shopping, no hugs and dry hands you really do have to look hard for the positives. However the positives are there. We have all come together as a massive community, we’ve tried our best to help others where needed. We’ve all supported our NHS and delivery drivers have worked so hard! We’ve all got to know our neighbours that little bit more (from our driveways and front doors). We’ve made conversations with new people while out on our walks. The garden parties that brought our families together. FaceTime keeping us all close even when we’re miles apart.
Christmas 2020 will be one that nobody forgets, it will be the year that we have to make a tough decision. It will be the Christmas that brought us all together even when we couldn’t see one another.
This is a collaborative post.
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