To wonder why you are spending Christmas Day alone and how you feel about it?

[Whathappenstomyal]

I’ll start :-

In my fifties with no children
NC with toxic family (Mother and siblings. Father is dead)
Recently separated from partner of 20 years
No friends.
I feel fine about being on own this Christmas after a lot of miserable ones in recent years with ex-partner.
No Christmas food in so just planning to go for a walk and then catch up with the housework.

How are others feeling about being on their own tomorrow?

I was due to host my mum and my kids, but I've come down with covid and I feel rubbish, mum won't want to risk catching it. Kids have been with their dad so will now stay with him a bit longer.

Was looking forward to visiting friends and family this year, the last few I've been too tired from work. I changed jobs recently for WFH but tested positive for COVID this year!
Happy staying at home with loads of junk food and looking after a poorly cat (and making sure the other one doesn't feel left out...)
Looking forward to it and considering a very socially distanced walk if I don't feel too rough

I’m spending Christmas alone for the first time this year. No children, my relationship broke down earlier this year and my granny who I usually spend it with died suddenly in the summer. Feeling very sad about it this year due to various things and avoiding social media and all the happy family photos 😞

I do have a nice bottle of wine in the fridge and a cheese board though so hoping they’ll cheer me up a bit tomorrow!

I haven’t been in a relationship in 8 yrs which is the last time i wasn’t alone for Xmas. My adult dd goes to her dad’s house except this year they had a falling out so she will be home.

it used to make me sad to be alone during Xmas but I’m such an introvert I enjoy having the house to myself. Its usually just another day for me, but it will be strange for my dd to be here but we will eat good food and watch Xmas horror movies

Good morning to you all & Merry Christmas.

Having a lovely coffee in bed, good start so far.

Merry Christmas everyone! I had a present from my cat - a nice pile to clean up on the lino! 😂Settling down with a nice hot drink looking out across a wintry landscape. Hope you are all doing well. 😊

Family either dead or the other side of the world. DB I do have in this country is spending it with his ex and the kids. This isn't my first Xmas alone so although not really feeling it this year I have a fridge full of food, wine, and a pile of books. Despite that I'll prob spend it watching crap TV 😁Come Boxing Day the big tidy starts (redecorating this year, major project). Currently sat here with a big mug of tea wondering what time DB in Australia will call.

I was just thinking that. Not that I wish an awful Christmas on anyone but we could be a lot worse off.

I'm having a lovely time too. No pressure apart from 'bacon sarnie or porridge for breakfast and shall I have a bath first or after?'

Merry Christmas to everyone alone, whether through choice or circumstance.

Good Morning all and merry Christmas. I am down with an absolute stinker of a cold and will stay in bed. Shame to be missing family christmas dinner but I'd rather not give it to anyone else. Kids are going to have a good day with DH and grandparents. I hope to get some sleep!

Not truly alone as at my mums who is currently bed bound with pressure sores and isn't the best company due to a few reasons so she's watching Netflix in bed, I'm sat on the sofa under a blanket now the carers have been and just chilling on my own for most of the day

Feel so un-Christmassy but looking forward to the dinner I will make myself later
Might pop the pub with the neighbours for a bit

Whatever you do, enjoy it everyone.

Sorry to be blithely upbeat - but having a lovely time, solo, at a nice hotel in one of the smaller Emirates (not Dubai!) where there is not even a Christmas tree in Reception. Might feel differently if back in U.K. where there is not inconsiderable pressure to 'do' Christmas and it being about family

I live alone and usually visit elderly relatives late Christmas morning but illness has cancelled it this year.

I've seen all my friends this past week, family is very tiny anyway and not too bothered whether I see them or not. My neighbours came round last night and stayed and had a drink for an hour or so which was very pleasant.

Dad died this year so it's a different day anyway this time around but I will raise a glass of Cava to him when I eventually eat and remember all the lovely Christmas Days as a family we had over the years.

I am alone today (with the cat) and very happy about it!

I cut contact with my toxic relatives a while back and I recently moved to a new town by the sea so I still don't know many people here/

I was actually really looking forward to the festive break to be able to have a rest and settling in my new rescue cat.

It has been such a busy year with work and buying a new house and doing it up. So nice not to have workmen in the house and to just enjoy some peace and quiet today.

Got myself some nice food and looking forward to eat that and relax and get over a mild cold. Tomorrow I will go for a walk on the seafront.

Hope everyone on the thread will have a lovely day too!

I spend every year on my own and love it i dont do xmass at all.
But i am in the middle of a deep clean today and a good clean up decluttering.
Playing my own music (tina turner ) cant stand xmas music the same crap every year.
Half my street will be drunk or drinking by now and arguing.

Happy Christmas @Whathappenstomyal

Not alone but very different this year.
My ex is a vicar, so would be up and racing into big city to do the whole thing, including lunch for the homeless.
MIL and until recently FIL moaning, tutting, eyes rolling.
Then collapsing exhausted late afternoon to cries from MIL of what are we doing etc.
This year I am listening to Radio 3 while new person is making marmalade pudding in the kitchen and then we are off to his family with 19 for dinner.

It's different, but I have probably never been happier. In my mid 50s - I was only 26 last week! Last year he spent Christmas gardening!

Have a fabulous day. xxx

Merry Christmas all
Had a nice walk along the coast and now back listening to the radio and feeling fine😀
Hope everyone else who is on their own today is having a nice relaxing time ❤️

Usually spend it with my parents as I’m eternally single, but they’ve gone away this year so it’s just me. Haven’t seen another soul except the Amazon delivery guy since the 21st. Could really do with a pet but I work away during the week so it’s just not possible for now.

Just me, three house bunnies and a giant snail. I prefer it. No one else to please or appease. No arguments.

Been doing some housework and watching telly this morning and will do christmassy stuff after lunch.

Just me and the cat this year. Ds has been with his dad since Friday he's coming back tomorrow afternoon. This is my first Christmas waking up alone in 31 years but I've enjoyed a lie in after 2 months of working 7 days a week. I'm doing the wrapping now!

I'm ill with some mystery stomach illness, otherwise I'd be with my sister and co. Plus broke up with my boyfriend about two weeks ago. So that's two sets of plans fallen through.

I don't really mind. I've done Christmas alone many times. I was quite estranged from my family at a young age so my first Christmas alone was at 17, well over twenty years ago now!

My boyfriend was an idiot who would have done something to ruin it by now anyway, chances are. I've been feeling quite gleeful that I've managed to dodge that, now and forever!

It's a shame not to see my sister and the children, but I don't feel so tip top right now so I'm feeling quite relieved that I don't have to go anywhere.

For a Christmas alone, I usually make myself a big paella. This year it's going to be a ready meal version but I'll jazz it up so it should be tasty. I won't be able to eat much more than that so I'm not missing a big Christmas dinner.

Merry Christmas to everyone. And congratulations to those who have escaped a Christmas spent with a horrible partner or relative! I know it can get you down, but try and enjoy the peace and quiet and the general atmosphere of Christmas over the land.

Just me and the cats. Very happy about it. Looking at the miserable threads on here from the last few days I think I'm exceedingly fortunate. I was with friends last night and will be tomorrow too.

Off for a curry soon!

Merry Christmas, you have given yourself the best gift, being rid of him. Cheers, it will get better 🥂

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas! I'm a widow in my late 70's, living by myself on my barge on lively inshore waters. My constant companion is my cat. I have a stash of library books, Radio 4, some favourite foods and plenty of tea. Cat has her favourite food and treats.
My son lives 300+ miles away and has three teenagers, two of whom have disabilities. I'll text him later, as I don't want to interrupt him if he's busy. Mainly, we communicate this way, so that he can choose a convenient time to respond.
In a short while, I am going for a walk by the river, have a shower and come back and get stuck into the books, the tea and a small bar of chocolate. I'm an introvert, so the above suits me down to the ground.

A lovely post.