Christmas Party 2021! Cancel, or not?

There are only 10 of us and we were going to just have a lunch today but we've decided not to go ahead in light of the 'work from home' message. We didn't feel that going out for lunch together fitted with this new approach, despite mixed messages from the government. Our main concern is not to disrupt anyone's plans for Christmas, nobody wants to be in a situation where they have to isolate over the festive period due to being a close contact.

We've done the same. We're really small so wouldn't have been a huge gathering but we've made the decision today to give everyone the afternoon off and try and tie some form of celebration into the launch of a new product later in the new year instead. Disappointing but everyone completely understood.

Just have to hope no one bought anything perishable for the Secret Santa now!

We were going to do Secret Santa today too but we've resorted to posting the gifts and hoping they get there in time for a virtual unwrapping on Teams next week! Not quite the festive gathering we wanted but I personally want to minimise the risk of having to isolate and not being able to see family over Christmas.

We were going to do Secret Santa today too but we've resorted to posting the gifts and hoping they get there in time for a virtual unwrapping on Teams next week! Not quite the festive gathering we wanted but I personally want to minimise the risk of having to isolate and not being able to see family over Christmas.

Quite. Absolutely front of mind for many.