Women spending Christmas alone, what nice things do you have planned?

[MellowLemur]

I’m spending Christmas by myself this year, and while I know it can feel daunting for some, I’m actually looking forward to it. I think it’s a great opportunity to treat yourself and enjoy some peace.

For anyone else spending the day solo, what are you planning? Whether it’s cooking your favourite meal, a cozy movie marathon, or something completely different, I’d love to hear (and steal some of) your ideas!

Id have no problem doing this....I'd Def get better presents that way! 😁

I wish I was on my own all day but sadly i'll be at work til 8am.
When I get in though I will sort out the dogs then quick shower, chuck on my Christmas outfit and start in on the bucks fizz with pastries.
Open presents, phone family and friends to wish them all a merry Christmas.
Traditional dinner (well, vegan version) of the usual turkey and trimmings.
Watching cheesy films whilst munching on festive UPFs followed by lots of alcohol and slipping into a food coma will probably end the day.

I always spend Christmas alone. Sometimes I'm into it, other years I ignore it completely.
Just so happens that this year I'm feeling festive as f**k!😆

My day is going to consist of a turkey crown with bake at home bread. Buffet food, some treats. A bottle of Aldi's billionaires baileys, their clementine baileys, their ordinary baileys, peanutbutter baileys and lots of my favourite TV. I've got new PJs for Christmas Eve and Christmas day. I'm sure the day will pass quite quickly.

Only read the first page and gosh, there are a lot of posted with their imagined days of wonderful solitude who are not spending Christmas alone, but feel it appropriate to share their imagined plans if they had to. Just why? That’s not the question.

I agree

Me too.

Easy to comment from the position of priviledge of having a choice. "Oh if I could do Xmas on my own I would......" but you wouldnt. Because none of us do. We dont cook and eat a gourmet feast for one, what is the point? We buy stuff that is easy to eat with no effort and grow our arses on the sofa. Yes we could volunteer but what is the point? There are waiting lists for people wanting to virtue signal on Xmas day but are nowhere to be found the rest of the year. Better to leave the proud instavolunteers to it and give our time in January when its really needed.

When you can moan about having to cook for 12, but not mention the joy you get from being with family or friends its not the same as "Same as every other fucking day I spend on my own"

I spend huge amounts of time alone.. it gets old very quickly.

There’s only so many long baths or films you can watch, walks mean coming back home to an empty house or seeing other people together when you have no one, meals alone are an every day occurrence so they are lonely and quiet at times.
That is the true reality for many.

I had several Christmas days alone before meeting DP, then a few where he had the day with his family and came to me in the evening (I was invited to his family but felt like it would be intruding). I did something along the lines of:

Lie in until mid morning
Open presents
“Nice” breakfast of eg croissants, bacon sandwich, something a bit fancier than usual
Long bubble bath with a new book, new pjs
M&S food, again, stuff that felt treat-y but not necessarily Christmas food
Soaps
Wine and snacks, usually watching something not particularly festive - one year I did an In-Betweeners marathon

For me the trick was to be well stocked with nice things that felt a bit special, and also to stay off social media. I always felt the anticipation of the day - and people giving the head tilt when I said I would be alone - was worse than the actual day, which was usually fine.

"I like to start the day with a tiny glass or two of Chambord."

By itself? Not with Cava?

That's the reality for me, but I'm quite happy about it. I have turned down offers of hospitality on Christmas Day because I would rather be home alone.

All I'm saying is we are all different, and while I feel sorry for those who are alone and don't want to be, for some of us it is our preferred state and doesn't "get old very quickly".

I’m sorry to read you lost your dog. They are our great companions, whereas teenagers and young adult kids can be horrible sods 💐

Will you consider getting another dog?

That sounds tough 💐

What happened to OP?

" Absolutely nutless" made me laugh so much. Christmas is also the only time I have nuts but I hadn't ever really made this observation

Inquiring minds need to know: what's Billionaire's Baileys?

I had to Google Chambord: I've never come across it. I gather that I've been missing a treat?

Many years ago, I was a student just outside Paris for a while and the drink of choice then was Kir Royale. (Came to mind because Wikipedia states that Chambord is the basis for Kir Imperial?)

Well I like it. Personally I just add a drop to a glass of Cava (or any cheap fizzy French wine) and it's just another version of Kir Royale - (ish). I've never drunk it on its own, mind you.

Aldi, £7.99, it's chocolate and caramel flavoured.

Oooooh! Thank you!

They are tone deaf with an inability to read the room. Pathetic.

Late catching up but I drink Chambord neat, on Christmas morning only, from a tiny liqueur glass.

Perhaps several glasses.... it's the drink that pleasures but does not intoxicate, as the saying goes.

Excellent with a chaser of hot chocolate, dry champagne or cold Coca-Cola as desired.

🙂

I dream of spending Christmas alone. The peace and quiet, the doing whatever you want after years of doing what everyone else wants.

I’d eat (not bloody turkey), watch TV and fave films, read, drink a bit, maybe book a winter getaway for Jan, maybe not.

Note OP said they are looking forward to it.

Hello again from someone who's old and spent many happy Christmas days alone. It's lovely to hear people's real (and imaginary) suggestions of how to enjoy the day.

Just one thing, though. What's with the 'in my new PJ's' thing? Why PJ's? (Don't peep go outside at all?) Why do the PJ's need to be new? What do peeps who sleep naked think/do?

I'm told that younger people use pyjamas as loungewear if they're staying in all day.

I'll have to get dressed: I'll be going out to to the garden to feed the birds at some point.

Thanks so much! I hope your birds appreciate you.

Although my next question has to be, 'What is loungewear?' I have never knowingly bought/worn any. Or should I post this on Style and Beauty?