• Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
    3·
    2 months ago

    Well, not completely alone, 2 or three of my friends also stayed far from home, so not sure if this counts?

    And it was in Munich while living only a few blocks from the Winter Tollwood Festival, which is one of the most interesting “Christmas Markets” (quotes are on purpose…) in Germany which also didn’t have its closing day on Christmas Eve already, but stayed open until Three Kings Day.

    So, during daytime I was working in a relaxed way basically alone in the office, while during the evenings I was at a slightly crazy place eating exotic food and listening to strange, but top notch live bands.

    I had a great time, did this twice or so!

    Caveat:
    I think that only worked because I am one of the lucky guys who have a stable family bond and also know that.
    Gives you the safety to try stuff without fearing some none-recoverable loss.

  • sylphrin@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    2 months ago

    A few, it was just like any weekend day except I couldn’t go shopping.

    Christmas doesn’t have any significance to me or my mother, so we don’t go out of our way to spend time together. In fact she tends to gleefully pick up extra hours at work because they pay her more. If I’m single or my partner is unavailable this results in me spending Christmas alone, which I honestly enjoy. If I’m in a relationship, I usually get sucked into whatever Christmas shenanigans my partner’s family gets up to.

  • MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    I had knee replacement surgery just before Christmas one year, couldn’t get about. So I got a big grocery delivery, and spent the day pigging out, drinking and having video chats with friends and family. It was great.

  • emb@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 months ago

    Only once, this past year. (Not quite alone tho, my wife was with me.)

    I started feeling nauseated and heavily fatigued Christmas Eve, and by Christmas Day I was pretty sure I had some kind of stomach bug. Sucks to be laid out in bed sick on a holiday.

    But also kinda nice to defer the celebrations a couple days and spread out those family visits.

  • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    2 months ago

    Yeah I was sick one year when my niece was an infant. Family asked me to stay home.

    It was fine. I watched TV and smoked my hookah. All in all a pretty good day.

  • thesohoriots@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    Sort of. My spouse worked nights in the oncology ICU during COVID times, then slept most of the day. Then back to work. 1 accumulated hour of actual Christmas spent eating breakfast and opening gifts sucked.

  • qualia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    Back when my family still spoke to me I ended up having to spend one Christmas in a lockdown psychiatric facility. Couldn’t even contact them. My life is pure chaos and it’s only getting worse. The part I fear the most is that I’m only middle-aged.

  • Mister Neon@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 months ago

    Most Christmases I spend alone. I used to have a good paying job so I would buy myself a Christmas present. I lost my job because of Trump and Musk cuts to government contractors. Last Christmas, I watched Looney Toons on Internet Archive under a blanket, trying not to think how lonely I am, cold I am, or how hungry I am.

    I hate Christmas.