im 31 male and single and just wondering on the question is all
2006-12-23 04:31:41 · 17 answers · asked by lkng4luv30 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Hey kiddo, you are a grown man and have many options in front of you. If you have no family that you want to spend Christmas with, why not find a volunteer position for the day? There are many homeless shelters and soup kitchens that put on a feast for the homeless on Christmas. Volunteer to help at one. There are kids who have no parents and live in institutions. See if there is a home near you that could use a Santa to come read Christmas stories to them. There are homes for the aged who have residents who receive no visitors - you could call them today and tell them you would like to drop off a small gift for someone and spend a little time with them. Do you sing? See if you can put together a few neighborhood kids and go caroling in the streets. Call local churches and see if they have any social gatherings like a Christmas breakfast that you could attend. Check the Internet for singles meetings in your area - they might have something planned for Christmas. Buy a Santa suit and offer to stop in at the neighborhood homes that have children on Christmas to say say HoHoHo. (When my kids were little, one of the neighbors did that every year on Christmas and the kids loved it!)
There are plenty of things you could do, and while doing them you might just find someone else who you might enjoy spending many more Christmases with. You never know...
Merry Christmas to you!
2006-12-23 04:53:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I can't speak for all singles but here are some thoughts. There is a single guy who lives across from me and the reason he is alone is because he is very bitter and drives people away so that no one wants to be near him. Contrast to him is the lady two doors down who doesn't like to "impose" on anyone to the point she ends up being alone. There are of course people who really would like to be with someone but don't know how to ask or may be embarrassed to ask. Then there are those who really do prefer to be alone so they don't have schedules to worry about or picking out the right gifts etc. There are still others who like to volunteer at homeless shelters to serve food, they get a great deal of satisfaction from this and don't need any thing more. I guess the answer to your question will be as varied as the people who spend the holidays alone. For those of you spending the holidays alone who really don't want to be alone, please pick up the phone and make some calls you never really Know who's day you may brighten because you may be more important to others than you give yourself credit for and you may get yourself invited. By the way, Happy Holidays.
2006-12-23 04:50:00 · answer #2 · answered by tpbthigb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am having my first none single Christmas this year. I never really felt alone on Christmas. I always did stuff with family or friends. Even took holidays. I do remember one Christmas though I had to work and wasn't able to see my family until late on Christmas so I made myself crepes and watched all 5 hours of Pride and Predjedice. It was fun.
One thing I have never done but have heard of people doing is going and volunteering at a shelter. It really kind of embodies the spirit of Christmas to not wallow in self pity but to get up and help others. You could also go to church. Even if your not religious it is nice to go to a service on Christmas eve and here the singing and the Christmas story and you might even make some friends.
I hope you have a merry Christmas anyway.
2006-12-23 04:44:49 · answer #3 · answered by Constant_Traveler 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most single people have family or friends to celebrate the holiday with, but I know what you mean, I lost my folks 14 years ago and then i was able to celebrate with friends then my roommate (who was their youngest daughter) and I decided to go our seperate ways and ever since then I have been alone during christmas. but I do still celebrate it; I have chips and dips on x-mas eve and then on x-mas day I have a nice thick juicy steak and both days I watch my regular shows or some christmas specials or even some movies that I have here at home. I have made that MY x-mas tradition, even though i wish that at times I could spend the holiday with some friends.
2006-12-23 08:03:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You say, ''or any other holiday'' with. I do not celebrate Xmas, so that does not bother me. What bothers me is Pesach (Passover) and having a Seder with people. We did have a nice group of singles who got together yearly, but, singles are transient, and all are gone now. Death has caused 3 of the family groups I was with to no longer be around. And, to top it off, I am the only member of my family to be Jewish, so my family doesn't celebrate Pesach. It never really enters their minds.
People will ask me if I am having a nice Pesach, and it never enters their minds that I have no one to be with. A few times I have asked to join a family, and I know they do not mind, but, I just cannot normally bring myself to ask. So----------it is a very sad time for me. I cannot understand why people do not realize that not everyone has a family to be with.
2006-12-23 05:20:01 · answer #5 · answered by Shossi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't, I spend it with my family!! If you don't have family that you can spend it with~you could always lift someones spirits at hospitals or nursing homes. I know that this may not be what you have in mind BUT you never know what it might lead to!! You may meet someone that could change your life. And it could/would help them immensely!!!
I hope that you have a Merry Christmas how ever you spend it & whoever you decide to spend it with!
Merry Christmas & God Bless you in the New Year!!
2006-12-23 05:13:25 · answer #6 · answered by Donna J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, let me state a fact of life to you. We come to this earth ALONE and we leave this earth ALONE. so, quit the fantasy of being amongst cheerleaders all the time. However, human is a social animal and it can't live in a solitary confinement, otherwise you wont' be living in a city. Just respect and help your neighbors, talk to them anything normal and always respect their beliefs without necessarily agreeing with them all. Just be democratic and diplomatic about your life and don't be sad being alone, because everyone else is alone in this world. Those who think they are not, are doing nothing except deceiving themselves as they will find it out in a later stage of their life.
2006-12-23 04:43:56 · answer #7 · answered by Amir 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I spent one Christmas at residing house with my cat while i grew to become into 20. My mom and dad had arranged to pass to our kin in Yorkshire yet I had to paintings. It wasn't so undesirable - I laid in some good books, had my records, a respectable hearth, offered a waiting-cooked chicken and a couple of bottles. It would not must be unhappy; this is an rather restful journey. There are different persons spending it on my own at here - Pedestal grew to become into talking of being in his cottage on Bodmin together with his books and a good inventory of provisions. What a shame we can't do a "beam me up Scotty" and basically drop in on one yet another. i'm going to drink a tumbler to you and all and sundry else on their very own at the instant.
2016-11-23 13:12:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am single and prefer to spend the holidays alone.
2006-12-23 04:38:45 · answer #9 · answered by castle h 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
36, female, and single. I can't say I understand because I have 2 wonderful children so, I am never alone.
Even if you have noone's house to go to, you could go to the movies. At least there would be people around :-)
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas, no matter what you end up doing :-)
2006-12-23 04:37:31 · answer #10 · answered by rvogelpohl2001 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋