christmas alone?

cloud493 wrote: »

Because people see christmas as a time for family, time for togetherness, and they'd assume anyone that chooses to spend Christmas alone isn't doing it by choice, but is sad and lonely, or it isn't by choice. Well not all people, but whatever.

For me, the best thing about Christmas is all my family being together in one slightly too small house and eating food and watching movies. Cliche, but its great.

You could also say alot of Irish family's spend the time getting drunk and ruining it for everyone

cena wrote: »

You could also say alot of Irish family's spend the time getting drunk and ruining it for everyone

Ehh? Proof that that happens to '' a lot'' of families? Silly thing to assume!

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See there's a big difference between being alone and choosing to be alone. Either way I think it's kinda sad, cos you either have nobody or you there's nobody you'd want to be spending the day with.

Now I know there'll be some people here saying they don't mind being alone, and that's fine- but I just think it's nice when people have other people- not just at Christmas, but at any time of the year.

I do love Christmas but I can also see why it might both bug people and depress people too.

RichieC wrote: »

being alone all the time isnt healthy. It turns you into a social retard and melts your brains. Anyone choosing to be alone on christmas would want to have a long look at themselves. It's not normal.

Its not a choice in a lot of cases. Just because circumstances force you to spend the couple of days involved alone doesn't make you Scrooge.

Personally I think spending Christmas alone would be really depressing

RichieC wrote: »

being alone all the time isnt healthy. It turns you into a social retard and melts your brains. Anyone choosing to be alone on christmas would want to have a long look at themselves. It's not normal.

Wow,bit harsh no? Not everybody likes socialising. Some people enjoy their own company and would choose to chill out with a tv show or a book by themselves. Doesnt make them abnormal or brainless, just unusual and yes a bit anti-social.
Granted its my personal idea of hell to spend Christmas alone, but try get my mother to join us for xmas dinner, a few glasses of wine and a nice movie and she'd rather jump off a cliff. She would much prefer to be by herself and watch the harry potter movies on repeat than have to sit and make small talk with a group of people. One or two people shes fine with, but any more than that for a few hours and shes not enjoying herself. Took me a while to understand it, but thats just how some people are.

I think I'd get a bit upset if I was to spend Christmas alone. We always have a brilliant day; eating fantastic food, having a few drinks, bit of banter with the folks and my brother and my cousins. Last year we had quizzes and rude pictionary and a Mr & Mrs competition and played the Michael Jackson Experience. Seeing the aul lad drunkenly doing the Thriller was probably the funniest moment of the holiday. Then the next day I overcome the hangover by heading into town to meet friends for the Stephens' Day session. It's as close to the perfect way to spend Christmas as I can get.

That being said I can totally understand why some people might want to spend it alone. I'm lucky enough that my parents don't just around eating Quality Street and watching soap omnibuses, I don't think I could handle that at all. My family all get along great and have similar interests so it makes for great craic.

RichieC wrote: »

being alone all the time isnt healthy. It turns you into a social retard and melts your brains. Anyone choosing to be alone on christmas would want to have a long look at themselves. It's not normal.

Just because it's not your normal. :rolleyes:

The only reason it's difficult to spend Christmas alone is because it's such an family driven event.

I spent one Christmas alone in Germany years ago. I was flat broke and it was one of the most miserable days of my life.

However, since then and now in the middle of raising my family I would give a king's ransom this year to spend it on my own with no one having any expectations of me and no Christmas day drudgery. Get up when I want. Eat what I want. Watch what I want. Read in peace. Spend a bit of time on the AH Christmas Day thread. Have a Baileys. Share the couch with the dog. Phone the kids. Phone the my parents and the rest of the family. Then go back to eating what I want and watching what I want. No wrapping paper to clear up, no batteries to insert, no watching toys that were long anticipated being opened and played with and falling short of the anticipation. Wake up on Stephen's morning and not have to pack the car and head off to visit family. Bliss.