Alone During Holidays

Posted by: Leonora Epstein Filed in: entertainment, galleries
12:30PM, Wednesday December 9th 2009

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girl alone at christmas

So you’re not going home for the holidays, nor do you have a guy to spend them with, and everyone is out of town. Greeeeeat. Spending this time alone might seem like you’re committing yourself to a week of Jingle Hell, but you can definitely get through it, and maybe even enjoy some solo time. Here, a few tips for combating loneliness and finding stuff to get you out of the house.

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Rose
wrote on December 9 2009 @ 12:52 pm: [report]

Holidays are often a good time to visit museums. No school groups to get caught up in.

draymond
wrote on December 9 2009 @ 12:56 pm: [report]

Extra hint…get out and help other people. Do some charity volunteering. It will definitly make you feel good and less sorry for yourself.

Kurkuma
wrote on December 9 2009 @ 01:28 pm: [report]

mostly great advice!
some of the things i do with my S/O as well. we both are a bit antisocial sometimes, and cleaning out and then do something together is always great.
That reminds of buying a puzzle (hello kitty for me and a messerschmitt-airplane for him) guess who will be the faster one?!

puzzler
wrote on December 10 2009 @ 02:20 am: [report]

Home for the Holidays is my FAVORITE holiday movie. the family is so dysfunctional, it’s hilarious! I definitely endorse that recommendation!

silver_dragon_girl
wrote on December 10 2009 @ 08:53 am: [report]

Why couldn’t you have written this before I spent Thanksgiving alone, drinking wine and crying in front of the Spike “Band of Brothers” marathon?!

Seriously, though, if you are feeling lonely and/or down about being alone for the holidays, I think the #1 thing you can do is GET OUT OF THE HOUSE. Even if it’s just to wander around WalMart or Walgreens or whatever else is open.

averardoll
wrote on December 10 2009 @ 06:21 pm: [report]

I highly recommend looking into a senior home visit program. It’s really great, because the volunteer group usually gives you some goodies to bring and brighten someone’s day. Plus it’s like visiting grandparents, but the stories are not ones you have heard 500 times.

mtngirl
wrote on December 11 2009 @ 05:53 pm: [report]

Christmas is an excellent day to hit the movies. There is always something fantastic coming out. Since my extended family does Christmas Eve together, and leaves everyone to their immediate families on Christmas Day (read: I wind up spending the day with my dogs), my new fav holiday tradition is to hit up a new release that day. And this year, Sherlock Holmes. Need I say more??

Yodar Critch
wrote on December 15 2009 @ 08:44 am: [report]

Being alone and being lonely are not the same thing.

You can be lonely in a crowded room.

Being alone does not have to be a lonely situtation. Being able to like being by yourself is important.

Being alone is only a problem if you don’t want to be alone. If you are alone and don’t want to be alone, the other posters had some excellent suggestions (I might add voluntering at an animal rescue to the list),

But if someone wants to be alone during the holidays, they should not feel bad about it or think that they are strange.

Do what feels comfortable.