“It is important to be able to meet at least once a year, to see all the little children who are sometimes scattered everywhere”, explains Yvonne, 89 years old. This great-grandmother gathered, this Saturday, the 21 members of her family at her home for a Christmas meal this year.
“This year, we said too bad”
As a result, the four generations of this family celebrated Christmas around a meal this Saturday. And it had been a long time: this year they had very few family reunions. And last year, they had to cancel that annual Christmas reunion. “We’ve been suffering from the Covid for two years, already we didn’t have Christmas last year, and this year, we said too bad, explains Christelle, who is a nurse. With covid, we risk things physically, but we forget the moral side, and all that loneliness can cause. “
All adults triple vaccinated, and all children tested
But questions still arose: how to get together without creating a cluster? All adults were therefore vaccinated against covid with three doses, and all children were tested. “If there was one who said he didn’t want to have Christmas, we wouldn’t have, explains Sandrine. We know we’re taking a risk, but it was either that or our mental health that was taking a hit. But if there was any risk, we wouldn’t have done it. “