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I'll be alone. I'm debating as to whether or not I want to walk a couple of blocks to Bob Evans for a turkey dinner. In any case, I'll just be hanging around the house with the cat.
Just another day for me. But there are others in which I am not alone so it really all balances out.
If you are hanging out with your cat, you are not really alone. Cats are better company than most people anyway.
For those who think of volunteering in, say, a homeless shelter or some place similar on a holiday, I've heard that such places are way over-staffed with volunteers on holidays. What they really need is volunteers the other 364 days of the year!
I'd suggest finding a volunteer slot somewhere that has to operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and relieving someone else of the need to be there. I am planning on the animal shelter in my new place next year. When I was thinking of this, and how I'd likely need some sort of orientation so they'd know and trust me, they posted a job availability, so I started thinking about applying for a job there in retirement, and working all the holidays and stuff. I'd get something to do, someone else could be home who wanted to be home, and likely someone would give me food. Win all around!
Growing up, every holiday devolved into huge fights between my mom and dad so I learned to loathe holidays. When I was married we would either spend a holiday alone (us and the 2 kids) or invite my in-laws to come down. This was usually for Thanksgiving. During the varying stages of our 27 years together, we'd either go to my ex's aunt's or in later years at my ex's family's. My FIL remarried into this loud boisterous Italian family where it wouldn't be a holiday without some drama. Being an introvert, these get-togethers are generally excruciating, even if I like the people I'm with. I find holidays generally boring and uncomfortable--too many people, can't get a word in edgewise--PLUS I stuff myself like a pig, drink too much and then feel miserable for days afterward.
Several years ago when my parents were still alive, me and the girls headed out on Thanksgiving Day to visit my dad in upstate NY. We never made it to the CT/MA line--my minivan started to act up. I tried to drive it to my mechanic but we never made it. I called the hubs to come pick us up (he had to work the day after Thanksgiving so he stayed home) While we were wait for AAA to give me a tow, we went grocery shopping for all the fixins', and by the time we got back to my car the tow truck arrived. So we wound up having this impromptu Thanksgiving celebration at home--just the 4 of us--which is one of my fondest memories.
This year Kid#1 (who is currently living with me) will be spending Thanksgiving in Dallas with her dad. Kid #2 will be stuck at Vandenberg AFB. I will be totally alone and I am looking forward to it! I'm thinking of taking myself out to dinner but I'll be just as happy staying home. I avoid travelling during the holidays because traffic is such a nightmare so the week after Thanksgiving I'll be off to WNY to visit my aunt. And the REAL holiday will be in January when I go to FL for a week!
Once my son went on the road driving a truck, I was alone all the time. I would go to my moms and we would have pizza or tacos. No big deal. After she passed, I would get dressed nicely and go to a movie. I would do this on Christmas Eve also.
We used to travel and do the family thing for both holidays, but thankfully those days have been over for quite a few years. We will bring in huge prepared turkey dinners this year and eat at our leisure. I love to catch the parade at 9am with coffee and puppy cuddling, then food, football, and naps in no particular order. Don't go out the next day either. No shopping for me. Just leftovers and more laziness. Wonderful to do nothing in particular. This is Thanksgiving.
Christmas is much the same with focus on food, old movies, enjoying music, decorations, and lights. We don't do gift exchanges. I enjoy a few cards to older friends who love them. Hope for a little snow. Love to ride around and see neighborhood lights. When my SO is gone it will be me and the dogs doing pretty much the same. I was alone for years, married late, expect to be alone again at some point. I like solitude and the company of animals and prefer that to being among most people. My SO excluded. And I have my buddies on CD!
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we're far from relatives, so usually get together with friends.
I like getting together with others on holidays, and am always a little sad if it's just me and my husband.
It doesn't feel like Christmas without a crowd.
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