Extreme ones yes. I imagine for 99% of the people gathering with families there are none. The fact people on here would rather get upset than suggest circumstances, and have to wait for me to provide the only one I can think of, would probably suggest I'm correct.
I’m not upset in the least. Perhaps, as is their / my prerogative, people do not wish to discus personal circumstances on a message board such as this but could rightly be offended by someone putting themselves up as judge and juror over them and casting labels and lazy generalisations and aspersions about without ever stopping to consider circumstances other than their own. I have no problem with you ST as we’ve had good interactions on here over time, I have no issue with you doing what you feel is right in your circumstances, and I don’t disagree with your wider points regarding the virus and the importance of doing what we reasonably can in acting sensibly to control it. However, I think you perhaps should consider how you put forward your valid points and arguments rather than the way you have done (and others have also) herein. You have demanded others consider and respect the circumstances of yourself and the wider populace but at no point have you shown any consideration or respect of other people and their circumstances as you sit in judgement and call people as if they are somehow beneath you for choosing to act in accordance with their personal circumstances within the laws of the land. I know from your post history that you are intelligent but sometimes you do yourself disservice with the way in which you go about debating / discussion.
Maybe because I find myself in one of the extreme circumstances this Christmas I’m being overly defensive.