To find it a bit odd

[EauDeLaPoisson]

When people in a thread offer a total stranger a place to stay/spend christmas (as in the dog thread).
Yes its very kind but surely I cant be the only one who is a bit at entertaining a perfect stranger at your family christmas?

Whats wrong with entertainng a stranger?All people were strangers to each other at some point before becoming friends.

If there was someone near me who needed to get out quickly and have somewhere to stay I'd offer a roof.

Entertaining strangers is at the heart of the Christmas story, surely?

YANBU. In theory it's lovely abd I've often thought about it but I wouldn't because I couldn't put my kids at risk, which is entirely possible when you invite a stranger into your home. I could take the risk on my own behalf but not on the behalf of my whole family.

I wouldn't because I'm a miserable fucker and don't like people

But YABU, just because I can't imagine what it feels like to look forward to someone coming round (especially if I didn't know them), I'm happy there are lovely people around who would go out of their way to welcome someone into their home at a time that can be isolating and lonely for some.

(Although I would invite someone in and be glad of it if they were right in front of me in need of company - I'm miserable but not heartless!)

I would too. I'd really enjoy it, too.

Better than a group of strangers you can't stand, even if they are related!

I am also a miserable fucker who doesn't like people.

I am not spending Christmas with any other people (people who normally live in my house don't count as other)

YANBU to find it a bit odd, but presumably in your life so far you have come across these strange jolly goodwill to all men kind of people who would do this kind of thing?

Comparing to spending christmas day with some family members (Bil i'm looking at you) spending it with strangers sounds less hard work

YANBU bringing a complete stranger into your home and exposing your kids to them is irresponsible IMO, maybe a friend of a friend, that someone else who judgement you trust had suggested maybe ok but a total stranger off the streets, no way!!

Its not so much a stranger danger issue for me, but I dunno I find entertaining people hardwork anyway let alone people you know nothing about...I am a bit anti social though I admit.

Poisson - check out Myers Briggs personality typing - it explains everything!

Very crudely put, in MB typing, the "introvert" personality type does not naturally socialise; they can but it drains their energy and they need time alone to recharge. In contrast, the "extrovert" personality type is energised by meeting new people and spending time in social situations

Each to their own and all that

"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares."

Hebrews 13:2

I love that Bible quotation, tis one of the ones that sends shivers down my spine!

I would, It just feels like the right to do and I try to do as much of the right thing as I possibly can. If I'm a position to help and someone needs my help who I am not to offer it? I'm already better off than 70% of the population just because I have a roof over my head.

70 per cent of the population are homeless?? Link?

Many many years ago, my then BF went out on Christmas Eve, got very drunk and brought home a complete stranger - a large Scottish man who said his name was John. We only found out the next day that he had been in prison for bottling a man in a pub.

That was an interesting Christmas.