Why didn't i receive any presents or invites on christmas day?

Question

the entire period was spent alone

Answer 1

Did you give presents or invite people? Don't look to be called - you do the calling.

Answer 2

One could say, flippantly, that you must not have been good last year, but that's no answer. And I can't really tell you what to do to keep it from happening again. However, here are a few thoughts. Instead of thinking about how to be sure you get some presents and invitations a year from now, get to work on making your life fuller NOW.

Find a church (or other place of worship) that welcomes people like you (whatever kind of person you are : ).) If the first one you try doesn't fit, keep looking. Wnen you find the right one, find something you can offer there.

Befriend some lonely person--maybe someone who retired not long ago from where you work. Make that person feel special. If you see him or her brighten up when you arrive for a visit, you'll come away walking on air.

Join an organization that does good works--tutor disadvantaged kids, or collect toys for them, or volunteer in a hospital or a nursing home.

Eleven months from now, if next Christmas seems to be shaping up as a repeat of this year's, do something about it. Have a party of your own--invite friends over a few days before the big day to drink egg nog and help trim your tree. Check around in those organizations you've joined for others who may be spending Christmas alone, and organize a pot luck dinner (and gift exchange if you feel so minded). Or volunteer to help serve Christmas dinner to the really unfortunate. Go to a Christmas Eve service. Go to a Christmas DAY service. Remember why it's Christmas.

Good luck!

Answer 3

My heart goes out to you. Did you send anyone else a present by the way?
Lots of people spend xmas (abbreviation intended) on their own. I did for many years because I preferred it that way, the only snag was trying to find a TV or radio station that wasn't spewing out the long worn out boring xmas music.
I'm not a Scrooge, I send cards and presents out and, of course, get many in return, but I'd spend my time, telling everyone that I'm with someone else, but enjoy doing my own thing.
It's a state of mind. We're brainwashed into thinking we should celebrate this purely 'religious' period. I say, celebrate your own health and Independence and ability to not 'need' other people around you.
On the other hand, if you really are a needy type of person, then, to have friends, you have to be a friend.
Good luck, friend.

Answer 4

Did you give anyone gifts last year? Did you talk to people before hand and try to let them know you were available for hanging out? Some people like spending the holidays alone. Most don't. The ones that don't usually find a way to be with people. Ask what it is about you that might make people avoid you.

Answer 5

I'm not sure but maybe next year you should invite some poeple to your house. Maybe you weren't invited because your friends and family assumed you had better things to do, or you have made some people mad. I would suggest that you don't get into that situation next year, plan ahead and have a great new year

Answer 6

Christmas is a holiday for people that likes to spend money and make the industry richer. My husband and I spend 750 amongst the both of us, what a waste of cash. Dont worry about it...the older you get, the less you get during the holidays.

Answer 7

Did you send any presents or invites to someone? If you do you will receive.

Answer 8

Sorry but the holiday isn't about recieving gifts. The better questions is what did you do to make others feel loved and wanted.

Answer 9

If I had known that, I could have sent you the lump of coal that I received. Actually I received a lot of lumps of coal. I didn't know so many people loved me!!! :)

Answer 10

Perhaps because you didn't make yourself available? You do have to put some work into friendships, its 50/50 so just try to be more sociable.