Isolating alone, and five turkey dinner deliveries - this is Covid Christmas 2021.
Mandy will only be able to wish grandson Billy Merry Christmas over FaceTime this year
Chef Mandy said she was "gutted", adding: "My family were coming over for Christmas dinner for the first time in a long time because of Covid."I bought a turkey and that is in the freezer - I would have been going food shopping Thursday so luckily I haven't bought food that will go to waste." But Mandy said she was trying to keep positive, and has been thinking of ways to keep in touch with the family on Christmas Day.
Richard Hawkins, 37, will be in his Manchester flat alone, when he should be in Aberystwyth with his family.
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