Alone at Christmas

[EcclesCake]

I am going to be spending Christmas day on my own. This is a conscious decision and I am happy with it.

So....why is everyone I know trying to get me to spend Christmas day with them and repeatedly telling me that I don't really want to be on my own.

I appreciate that my friends care for me and like to look out for me but I am getting seriously hacked off with the intrusion and suggestions that I am in denial.

I am looking forward to waking up on Christmas day opening a bottle of bubbles and dancing around the house in my PJs, OK I don't wear PJs but I'll still have the bubbles. I might eat beans on toast and I might not, but, whatever happens the day will be spent indulging myself and having a good time.

Why can't the well meaning appreciate that?

Sorry, rant over.

[boxtops]

Eccles, I did it myself a few years back, by choice. The number of people who thought it was awful to want to be on my own on Christmas morning - but Christmas shouldn't be about forced conviviality!

I did relent in the end and have my mother and sister round for tea in the late afternoon, but otherwise I really found it a good and peaceful experience. Go for it, stick to your guns!

[EcclesCake]

I have relented a bit boxtops, I've agreed to go to a neighbour on Boxing Day but I'm not budging on Christmas Day!