{"id":4188,"date":"2020-12-07T11:38:54","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T11:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.situ.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4188"},"modified":"2024-01-16T12:11:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T12:11:45","slug":"christmas-in-2020-how-different-will-it-be-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.staysitu.com\/blog\/christmas-in-2020-how-different-will-it-be-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in 2020 \u2013 How Different Will It Be This Year?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> In light of the Governments recent announcement the holiday Christmas rules have changed. As of the 19th of December, the only day in which you are allowed to mix with 2 other households is Christmas Day and Christmas day only and this applies to all of the areas in Tier 1, 2 and 3. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately for the areas in Tier 4, there is a much stricter lockdown in place due to a new strain of coronavirus which is 70% more contagious. For those areas, they are effectively back in lockdown with all non-essential retailers to shut and they are not allowed to mix with anyone outside of their household, including on Christmas day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We all know Christmas in 2020 is going to be different from normal, but just how different? We at SITU<\/a> have gathered all of the information we could find and put it in one handy place to help make planning your Christmas a little easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boris Johnson announced on Tuesday 24th of November that there would be a 5-day, time-limited break where 3 households would be allowed to mix indoors to celebrate the festive season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Group of people are gathering for Christmas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The idea is to offer the people of the UK a little bit of hope and a guiding light to the future. The vaccine is here and Boris Johnson believes by Spring, we should be almost back to normal! What normal is now though, I don\u2019t think any of us know. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are high hopes that soon this will be a thing of the past and we can move forward, though there is no doubt COVID has changed us and the world forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHAT CAN I DO FOR CHRISTMAS IN 2020?<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

So what are these lesser restrictions and what do they mean? 3 households will be allowed to mix indoors for 5 days between the 23rd<\/sup> and the 27th<\/sup> of December. (Northern Ireland has negotiated a 7-day suspension to allow for travel to the mainland running from the 22nd<\/sup>-28th<\/sup> of December.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve rounded up the most important changes to the rules below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n