OP here... How did the holidays turn out for you all? Did you survive the holiday guilt? Is your family still speaking to you?
Things went well overall around here. We broke the news to my mother several months ahead of time so the bandaid was ripped off early so she has plenty of time to get used to the idea... plus, over the course of the following weeks she came to the same conclusion that it probably makes sense in light of the ever-rising COVID tide. She wasn't happy about it at first, sent sad-face emojis, etc... to guilt us, but she eventually came around.
The past few days she's been texting me news stories about breakouts, prominent people testing positive, etc... asking if I think we'll make it through this without contracting it ourselves, etc... showing signs of being really worried about the pandemic. I advised she'll likely be ok if she stays away from restaurants, gyms, small spaces, etc... then she tells me she's got a friend coming over after work tonight and "it should be ok since we'll stay 6 feet apart". So the words don't match the actions, but she's a grown up so she can make her own choices. I advised her to open windows to at least keep circulation moving around.
Holidays were fine for us, seemed weird not to be frantically driving over the countryside to accommodate everyone else's holiday wishes, but overall it was nice to stay home, relax, cook, etc...