http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018704248Tue Dec 23, 2014, 07:57 PM
HipChick (12,020 posts)
Any DU'ers spending Xmas alone this year?
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 08:05 PM
Star Member TreasonousBastard (24,449 posts)
1. Now that I no longer have to deal with gifts, dinners and other...
family etc stuff, Christmas is an amazingly relaxing and enjoyable time.
And very quiet. Peaceful.
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 08:07 PM
Star Member TexasTowelie (11,644 posts)
2. Probably.
My brother has not decided whether he is heading out that day yet. He was busy at the hospital throughout the night while on call duty and has another 12 hour shift tomorrow. The top things off he picked up a psych patient that escaped who was walking on the highway and there was a bomb threat at a nearby clinic.
This might explain laserhaas' post.
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 08:20 PM
NV Whino (17,067 posts)
3. Yes
My preferred method of celebrating almost any holiday.
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 08:30 PM
Star Member steve2470 (25,117 posts)
5. xmas day, yes nt
stevenumbers, serial masturbator, is spending this holiday with just Rosie and her five sisters.
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 08:30 PM
orleans (23,913 posts)
6. my daughter & her boyfriend are coming for dinner tomorrow night
and i'm going to their apartment for christmas dinner
but this is the first year *of my life* i will be going to sleep xmas eve, waking up on xmas morning, and going to sleep xmas night all alone in the house.
"not a creature was stirring"
i don't even have any pets anymore.
and i think that is depressing as hell
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 08:57 PM
Star Member A HERETIC I AM (13,629 posts)
9. Yup. In a hotel room! n/t
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 09:27 PM
Star Member The Velveteen Ocelot (38,834 posts)
11. Christmas day, probably.
Will spend Christmas Eve with a few relatives but probably will just hang out with the cats on the 25th. That's fine with me. I'm too old to care much about holidays any more.
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 09:47 PM
a la izquierda (8,777 posts)
14. Sort of.
It sucks.
Wed Dec 24, 2014, 11:44 AM
Star Member yuiyoshida (5,696 posts)
23. Yes. But...
I will be on line with friends. My family doesn't really celebrate Christmas... were Buddhists but they will be out of town, and I am house sitting.
Wed Dec 24, 2014, 12:24 PM
Star Member DamnYankeeInHouston (480 posts)
25. Are there any Buddhist holidays or traditions I should be teaching my students?
I've introduced Hindu and Muslim customs when I've had students from those faiths. I have a student this year who is half Buddhist and half Christian. I asked his father about this. He said there were no Buddhist holidays and the only tradition I should teach is to be kind. I liked that a lot, but I also like to try and balance out the Christmas avalanche.
The only post worth a darn in this whole thread, and good advice too (so of course none of the primitives will feel obligated to listen to it):
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 11:39 PM
easychoice (836 posts)
21. I have no one left.Sooo
I go wash pots and pans and peel spuds for those that are less fortunate at a Mission downtown where the ragged people go..
I recommend this to anyone who is 'Alone" and needing to feel helpful.It rounds off the edges.
