Just over a week ago, the Swedish Public Health Agency lifted the restrictions for people over 70.
In the same vein, state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell gave the green light for smaller family parties during Christmas.
If there were opportunities to keep your distance, a celebration with both children and grandparents could be considered a relatively risky ride.
- If you have a basic family that is about 10-15 people, then it must be okay, he said in Aktuellt, among other places.
Only the immediate family
But then the curves turned up again.
On Thursday, several regions introduced local restrictions.
And the new contagion situation has changed the conditions for the Christmas celebrations.
- Yes, you have to say that.
But that is the current thing we have today, what we have during Christmas we will see then, says Anders Tegnell.
Change at short notice
Being able to celebrate Christmas with up to 15 people should therefore not be considered a given based on the current situation.
- There may be regions where you need to be even more limited in your Christmas celebrations and really just stick to the closest close family, says Anders Tegnell.
There are many who are planning Christmas right now, what do you have to say to them?
- You can plan, but you must realize that these plans may need to be changed at fairly short notice.
That's how we live right now, there's nothing we can do about it.