Thread by @IndependentSage

Is it safe to see relatives at Christmas? What do the members of #IndependentSAGE think? And what are they personally choosing to do?

1/ First up, @Kit_Yates_Maths: "I have an 80 year old dad and a 70 year old step-mum, so we're taking the decision not to see them, even though it's legally allowed. For me, the risk is too great."

2/ @GabrielScally: "We'll see one of my daughters in the garden or outside somewhere... we've come through so much this year, it would be so wrong to risk anything at this point in time."

3/ @Zubhaque: "We were supposed to have my 82 year old neighbour over, and she desperately wants to be over... but I've got two teenage kids and I don't think it's safe for her. It's a really difficult one but we are now erring on the side of it not being a good idea."

4/ @SusanMichie: "All my life I've spent Christmas with my sister and her family, so this will be the first year that we don't share a meal."

5/ @DeenanDpillay: "I have a 95 year old mother... I will probably take some food over to her, and be very careful about how long we spend indoors."

6/ @chrischirp: "My sister, who has three teenage kids, is not going to see my parents inside at all. We're planning a walk at some point, outside."

7/ And Professor Karl Friston: "My father doesn't want to see me! So I shall spend Christmas in my conservatory, smoking my pipe, with the windows open."