Alone at Christmas....So what are you going to do about it?

[Sierrah]

This probably only applies to singles but I’m just curious…for all those that don’t have any partners for kids how are you goine to fill you’re time? I plan on doing some volunteering and reading. Not exciting I know but with my usual busy schedule lounging around with a good book for a day or so sounds really appealing.

 

[Nanny_PK]

I have a lot of down time at the holidays – about three weeks with no work. I do go to family for the actual Christmas holiday but the rest of the time I usually do home projects – or finish the ones I’ve already started – read and relax. My life is usually so crazy busy that I enjoy the down time.

I like the idea of volunteering. If you like to cook, you might make a couple of casseroles and freeze them and bring them to the priest to keep in his freezer for a home-cooked meal that he can make when he’s ready. I tend to “pick my charities” and I like doing stuff like that.

 

[SomeCatholicGuy]

This probably only applies to singles but I’m just curious…for all those that don’t have any partners for kids how are you goine to fill you’re time? I plan on doing some volunteering and reading. Not exciting I know but with my usual busy schedule lounging around with a good book for a day or so sounds really appealing.

I’m going to be at my folks for 2 weeks (Christmas and New Year’s). A lot of my friends are also going to be in town, so it should be fun!

I think volunteering and reading are good, but I know what you mean.

 

[joamy]

Quiet time and reading, also a few old movies. Volunteering sounds good, too.

 

[SarahR]

Next year my kids will be with their dad, and I’m already thinking of ideas. I’m planning on doing some volunteer work, and then on Christmas morning, lounge around in a comfy toasty bathrobe and sip a mimosa (or two!). Maybe watch old home movies of Christmas or look through photos, dunno.

 

[Just_wondering]

I’ve only got Christmas Day off. I’m hoping to get off work early Christmas Eve so I can go to midnight Mass, assuming there’s an English one at one of the parishes I attend in Seoul (about an hour to an hour and a half away from me). I’ve got about a dozen people (who don’t mix well, unfortunately) who have asked if I’d spend Christmas with them. I’ve got some decisions to make about what I’m going to do about it. I don’t want to be spending Christmas flitting from one person’s place to another.

 

[OutinChgoburbs]

The one time my ex took the kids for Christmas (long before DH and his adopting the kids), I spent Christmas alone. I used it to clean!!! I went for walks. I volunteered to work extra hours, so people with kids home could be with them. I cooked when I wanted, and what I wanted.