spending christmas alone

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i can't afford plane fare to visit family. i have no significant other or BFF or anyone that would spend it with me by obligation.
i'm gonna go it alone.
think it will be empowering or depressing?
what should i do to keep busy and stuff?

― nein Socken (nein Socken), Thursday, 8 December 2005 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

Its only bad if you make it bad. Otherwise its just another night.

Formula for solo Xmas success:

Eggnog + Whiskey + Pizza Rolls = Win

― Spink, Thursday, 8 December 2005 20:05 (nineteen years ago)

Volunteer. You might not have the chance again.

― andy --, Thursday, 8 December 2005 20:05 (nineteen years ago)

I've done it. More food to eat on your own, and you get to watch whatever you want on the telly rather than having the family-friendly consensus winning over every time.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 8 December 2005 20:08 (nineteen years ago)

I suggest volunteering at a soup kitchen or some such place. The hardest thing to replicate about being with loved ones during the holiday is the spirit, and what better way than to give out a hot meal on a cold day?

Other than that, I suggest making phone calls all day long, treat yourself to a nice dinner - get dressed up, go to a restaurant, eat a great meal - and call that your christmas present to yourself, in lieu of the plane ticket.

And don't be down. If you don't have anything to be thankful for or happy about by yourself, than your issues spread further than your inability to afford air travel.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 8 December 2005 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

i did this twice, I drank myself silly both times.

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 8 December 2005 20:11 (nineteen years ago)

Go to the bar and get lucky.

― That's what I did once, Thursday, 8 December 2005 20:11 (nineteen years ago)

strip clubs.

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 8 December 2005 20:16 (nineteen years ago)

I always fall out with the family over Christmas anyway, so avoiding them = good idea. Forced fun and jollity = never a good idea.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 8 December 2005 20:18 (nineteen years ago)

I've never managed it yet, sounds like heaven!

― We Buy a Hammer For Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 8 December 2005 20:22 (nineteen years ago)

Xmas having to watch every last thing you say in order to avoid a massive row with your brother or with your sister thus ruining the day for everyone, only for the brother and sister to have the massive row with each other thus ruining the day for everyone = DUD

Xmas on your own = CLASSSIC

― We Buy a Hammer For Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 8 December 2005 20:25 (nineteen years ago)

maybe santa will be bring me an xbox.

― nein Socken (nein Socken), Thursday, 8 December 2005 20:28 (nineteen years ago)

heh. one day i'll learn to type.

― nein Socken (nein Socken), Thursday, 8 December 2005 20:30 (nineteen years ago)

What, you meant to type "satan" not "santa"?

― We Buy a Hammer For Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 8 December 2005 20:32 (nineteen years ago)

last year my siblings fought for two days straight and ruined christmas. i had nothing to do with it, stayed out of it entirely, was quite proud but didn't gloat. a week later my mother called and blamed me for it all. she actually said to me "YOU RUINED CHRISTMAS" which is rare, she usually goes the passive-aggressive route and spreads guilt through unknown means. i was dumbfounded and confused by her boldness. so whack.

― nein Socken (nein Socken), Thursday, 8 December 2005 20:36 (nineteen years ago)

Christmas was notorious for being ruined by my family so I avoided it for the past three years. One year I met some friends at the bar and had a nice quite evening. The other two I was alone and it was just like any other day.

However my grandmother (who always hosted Xmas) died suddenly in October and now I kind of wish I could take those three independant years back. I will be with my family this year. My Aunt and I have had to strong arm everyone into agreeing for a family xmas. we figure if we skip it this year it will become easier for us to drift apart and skip it every year.

but, uh, yeah, xmas on your own isn't neccesarily a bad thing.

― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Thursday, 8 December 2005 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

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