Xmas

[nailit]

I love xmas but have noticed that as each year passes my xmas card card list gets smaller and smaller. Friends fall away, people die etc. In a few years I'll be pulling my own xmas cracker (no pun) and been like the people that I used to pity who spent xmas on their own...and their lives on their own.

[B00]

Apart from close family I didn't send any last year, however I still bought 4 boxes of the darn things in the sales in January. I've now 6 of the ruddy things cluttering up my 'crap' drawer.

[vakayu]

That's all part of life's wonderful tapestry nailit,less cards each year as people pass away but sometimes new ones to write also with any new friends etc.

[gness]

Nailit.... a large Christmas card list means nothing at all......and it's up to you if you pull a cracker on your own.....bloody difficult though...

I have a friend whose husband left her in awful circumstances...she refuses to be the one she says everyone invites because they feel sorry for her...she has a great time serving at the Christmas dinner for the homeless.....

If you love Christmas, Nailit you'll be welcome anywhere.....xxx

[anneasquith]

contact the salvation army and help them feed the less fortunate on xmas day/

[Psybbo]

You're on my small list, Nailit!

[Maydup]

Its unlike you nailit, but that's a pretty insensitive post. LOADs of people spend Christmas and their lives on their own. Are you looking for pity? They're not.

[rsvp]

Can you get out and about on Xmas day nailit - lots of charities would welcome a bit of help and you wouldn't be on your own.

[Rebecca01]

Lol Boo I've got a Xmas crap drawer too! For the last 9 yrs that we have lived here we get a card addressed to " Jean & Mike" ( not us) it's not the previous owners & we've no idea who they are but I still put the card up :-0 haha

[woofgang]

I spend most of my time alone apart from the dogs and am happy enough. I have a few friends and a small family, the friends are local, the family not. I don't "love" christmas since I lost my DH but I am grateful for what I have got and I don't want anyone's pity. Don't go round pitying people, do something about it.

[B00]

Haha Rebecca, and meanwhile for the past 9 years Jean & Mike have been peed off they've not a card from their friends, rofl!

[B00]

Xmas on your own sounds fab- in bed all day eating bacon butties....score!!!

[Eve]

Why not look into volunteering, I've volunteered a few times at Christmas and had a great time, I used to have a little saying that one of the best Christmases that you can have is the one that you give to someone else.

[askyourgran]

I've got to send my Xmas cards out early this year. We've just moved house and there are a few friends that I haven't told yet, but at least we've re-directed our mail. Only thing is, I hope the card to Sharon & Steve and family that we have been getting for years won't be redirected?

[Eve]

I'm rubbish at sending Christmas cards! Usually give to charity instead.

I have a friend who is happy to have Christmas on her own Boo, she gets lots of nice food in, watches Christmas telly etc...

[DTCwordfan]

I do not enjoy it.

My kids are 4500 miles away and I don't get to see them.

[joeluke]

Xmas cards - who cares?

Sending people who you don't particularly like (I'm including family here!) cards as a courtesy just because they've sent you one

[BlackadderV]

As a child in the 60s my task was to write all the Xmas cards. My mother would sit in state, select the card and tell me what to write, the greetings being different according to the recipients. Often it would be, "They only sent us a cheap card last year, so we'll send them a cheap one back".

[janbee]

This will be the last year I'll be sending cards via Royal Mail. I'll be using E-cards next year.
A long card list means nothing nailit. Better to have a few close friend than a hundred acquaintances.

[Old_Geezer]

Maybe this is an example of why that pensioner helpline got so many calls regarding folk who felt lonely.

[whirlyhurly]

Nailit, just remember, you can feel lonely even in a room full of people.