Christmas Corona?

I thought, when the plan was first mooted, it was ill-advised to agree a 2020 UK Christmas of mixing, preceeded (and inevitably followed?) by Covid-19-related restrictions. The timing isn't good (the weather confines lots of social activities to indoors) and the virus doesn't take holidays (indeed, it may have been travelling around e.g. with students returning from university)! Christmas meet-ups often involve several generations (grandparents, parents and children). It seems contrary to be going for events, which will inevitably spread infection, at a time when the vaccination programme is in its infancy. Predictably, it now appears that governments of the 4 nations are having to think about making changes to their initial, simplistic plan (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/15/uk-rules-for-christmas-could-be-reviewed-as-coronavirus-cases-surge). It can hardly be a surprise (given that scientic advice appears to have been ignored) that some 'eminent' medical journals, as well as the hospital doctors union, are calling the Christmas mixing rules 'kamikaze' and suggesting a rethink (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/15/uk-medical-journals-call-for-christmas-covid-rules-to-be-reversed). The plan combined with the macho threat to English schools to prosecute them, if they attempt to move to online teaching for the last week of the pre-Christmas term (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/15/greenwich-backs-down-over-plans-to-close-schools-in-face-of-legal-action), could be interpreted as the Westminster government being more concerned about getting positive headlines from 'friendly' newspapers than dealing with the health challenges of the pandemic. I think a low-key Christmas is called for, to give as many people as possible, a better chance of a happier 2021.