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Single people, where will you be for Christmas and do you care?

27 replies

Aquarius1234 · 23/12/2023 17:50

I'll be staying at parents for a few nights.
Often back to mine by the evening of the 27th.
I don't mind other than the odd argument and not being able to watch as much TV ha.

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Sunbird24 · 23/12/2023 17:59

Home alone! It’s ok.

Doggymummar · 23/12/2023 18:02

I've had plenty of single Christmas home alone, with gay friends who started the day single then grinder hooked them up in the evening, at my parents. Now I prefer at home with my oh and the curtains drawn.

OldTinHat · 23/12/2023 18:03

Also home alone! But I have Alexa for company and I'm sure DSis and DC will send me photos of their fabulous days as per...!

AskNotForWhomTheBellCurves · 23/12/2023 18:04

Sunbird24 · 23/12/2023 17:59

Home alone! It’s ok.

Same except at my friends' house (I'm looking after their dog). It's my first christmas overseas and I'm looking forward to it, should be fun I think.

Marwoodsbigbreak · 23/12/2023 18:05

Home with adult DC. Having a great time.

Butchyrestingface · 23/12/2023 18:07

Home alone with the pets. I was invited to rellies but I'm exhausted at the moment and can't be bothered pretending.

Looking forward to a day in front of Netflix watching and eating crap. May watch Home Alone for the first time ever in honour of the occasion. Xmas Grin

TheTecknician · 23/12/2023 22:34

I'll be at home. Zero stress.

a1234567 · 23/12/2023 22:36

Me too. Home alone. Looking forward to shutting out the world and doing my own thing.

WrigglyDonCat · 23/12/2023 22:41

Since wife died I'm home on my own. Visit family tomorrow, home on Christmas Day. Bliss - I love it, do what I want, when I want, with only the cats to judge or whinge (and whinge they will if they perceive that their food isn't on time - which is a certainty)

EmpressaurusOfCats · 23/12/2023 22:45

Doggymummar · 23/12/2023 18:02

I've had plenty of single Christmas home alone, with gay friends who started the day single then grinder hooked them up in the evening, at my parents. Now I prefer at home with my oh and the curtains drawn.

Less than helpful for people who will be alone & would much rather be with an oh (not me).

I’m having a lazy day with the cats & a lot of nice food - probably walk round to church in the morning & watch something in the afternoon.

PostItInABook · 23/12/2023 22:49

Home alone. Not that bothered although the tilty head, sad pitying face people give when they ask and I tell them that is really annoying 🙄.

Isthisblocked · 23/12/2023 22:50

Home alone too….looking forward to the relaxation and chance just to suit myself….nice food, free choice of reading or tv, a bit of pampering….maybe a long bath with book and glass of something nice….. maybe even a bit of a walk for fresh air BUT only if I feel like it…. My Christmas present to myself every year, when I spend it alone is to do whatever I want. I have had wonderful Christmases, either hosting or travelling and solitude at Christmas is also to be enjoyed. I have liked all of the different Christmases I have spent.

ilovesooty · 23/12/2023 22:53

I'm invited out tomorrow evening and on boxing day but I'll be at home with the cats on Christmas day itself. I'm quite happy with that though I've booked a curry for lunch at a local restaurant so I don't have to bother to cook.

ZeroFucksGivenToday · 23/12/2023 22:57

Have my dd Xmas eve this year, we're off to dinner at a friends and then I'll drop her at her dads around 3.

home to the cats, log burner on, a fab book prepped on my kindle and some nice nibble for the afternoon/evening.

GinBooksChocs · 23/12/2023 23:05

I'm on call for work. Have some nice snacks and food in. Seeing family after for a couple of days.

I'm happy with the situation and looking forward to hunkering down. I like the run up to the day but increasingly not fussed on the day itself.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 24/12/2023 00:36

I was meant to be on holiday with a friend but I caught Covid, was unwell with it, and couldn’t go.

Home alone at the moment.

ChocolateCinderToffee · 24/12/2023 00:39

Home alone with cat. Thinking of going away next year though, as bored.

ilovesooty · 24/12/2023 00:43

ChocolateCinderToffee · 24/12/2023 00:39

Home alone with cat. Thinking of going away next year though, as bored.

I'm not bored but I can't stand all the fuss and hype before or during Christmas. I'd have gone away but the cattery is closed.

justjuggling · 24/12/2023 00:43

I’ll be home with my teenage DC and my parents + sister are coming for lunch on Christmas Day. 🙂

Catsmere · 24/12/2023 00:47

I don't bother about Christmas, haven't for many years. I'll be alone with my cats for once. I'm my mother's carer and she'll be in rehab for a week or so after pneumonia. It is, frankly, a bit of a holiday for me.

Janetinthebath · 24/12/2023 00:49

At mum’s and very happy to be.

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Aquarius1234 · 24/12/2023 21:45

How's Christmas eve single people??
I'm a bit fed up. Bored..

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Catsmere · 24/12/2023 22:09

Mine was nice. I had Phoebe on my lap while I watched Time Team dvds and finished knitting the second sleeve.

Single people, where will you be for Christmas and do you care?
Beaverbridge · 24/12/2023 22:13

Home alone sounds bliss. I'm trapped at relations, swear every year I'm not going and here I am again!. Can't wait to get back to my own gaff.

EmpressaurusOfCats · 24/12/2023 23:28

I’m just back from Mass, which was very nostalgic - we always went to midnight Mass when I was a kid - & soon going to bed with the cats.

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