Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Anyone else spending Christmas Eve alone? (vanity)
The Amazing Yet Bizarro World of Skooz | 12/24/2015 | Skooz

Posted on 12/24/2015 4:07:50 PM PST by Skooz

Merry Christmas, fellow Freepers! Once again, it is Christmas Eve and once again, many of us find ourselves, for various reasons, alone. Many of us have circumstances that have led to a solo Christmas Eve. Mine: My marriage fell apart in 2009. Part of my agreement with my ex-wife is that she has our daughter Christmas Eve and Christmas morning and she is with me the rest of Christmas day. Not a perfect solution, but I would rather say “hello” than “goodbye” to my little girl on Christmas. That, alas, means that on the Eve of our most family-oriented of holidays I find myself here. By myself. No big deal. I’m used to it and have found I don’t mind at all. Anyone else out there flying solo this evening?


TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: merrychristmas
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 201-220 next last
To: Skooz

All of us freepers are there with you. Merry Christmas - enjoy the peaceful solitude tonight and a wonderful Christmas day with your little girl tomorrow.


21 posted on 12/24/2015 4:21:55 PM PST by aquila48
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Skooz

Cat in the attic
Mice in the walls
Spiders in the cellar
Turkey in the oven
Dog beside me.

Jesus in the manger.

Full house here!


22 posted on 12/24/2015 4:22:33 PM PST by 1_Rain_Drop
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: piytar

Thanks so much for your prayers. Yes, I believe very much in the power of prayer.

Merry Christmas!


23 posted on 12/24/2015 4:22:35 PM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: Skooz
my kids are all grown...years ago....
All grand kids are grown...now with their own families....
One grand daughter lives down the road but she's off and gone with her church group....
SO.....
It's just me and the dogs (and new puppies).....
As long as I have my dogs...I'm never really alone.....

God Bless







24 posted on 12/24/2015 4:22:47 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! I reallyRead it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: prisoner6

Hey, Dude... Merry Christmas!


25 posted on 12/24/2015 4:23:20 PM PST by A. Morgan (Ayn Rand: "You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: Skooz

Alone tonite, but over to some friends’ house for Christmas dinner tomorrow. Their grandkids, 4 dogs. A fun chaos.


26 posted on 12/24/2015 4:23:33 PM PST by dynachrome (We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Skooz
Sort of alone. Wrapping gifts and sending Christmas greetings via e-mail to some old friends while I listen to 150 Christmas carols on iTunes in "shuffle" mode. Bing Crosby's "Do You Hear What I Hear?" was just up. Ed Sullivan's "O Bambino" is on now. These are two of the best versions of any Christmas song of all time, in my mind.

Getting ready for midnight Mass in a little while.

Merry Christmas and all the best to you and your daughter tomorrow. May 2016 and beyond bring nothing but great blessings for your family in times like this when we sometimes wish things could be better.

One cold and blessed winter,
In days beyond recall,
A Child was born to save us,
Born to save us all.
One cold and blessed winter,
Born to save us all.

O Bambino, mio Divino,
Io ti vedo qui tremar.

27 posted on 12/24/2015 4:23:35 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("It doesn't work for me. I gotta have more cowbell!")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: aquila48

Thank you. I will. Merry Christmas!


28 posted on 12/24/2015 4:23:52 PM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: Riley

Prayers, FRiend, Merry Christmas and wishes for a better New Year.

Alone here ‘cept my bird. Not lonely.


29 posted on 12/24/2015 4:24:25 PM PST by 867V309 (Trump: Bull in a RINO Shoppe)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Skooz
I spent a lot of time semi-alone on the holidays in the military.
With no children and overseas, I usually worked on the holidays, so others could be with their families.
I'm familiar with Divorce and it's one of the hardest things in life to go through.
However, there are times when my aging mother makes me desire to be somewhere else.
I do what I can, but her approaching second childhood is a real load.
Do what you can, and live where you choose, but service to others is rewarding in the end.
30 posted on 12/24/2015 4:25:10 PM PST by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Skooz

Didnt need to be alone tonite but didnt feel like traveling or being around some folks I’d rather not be. Nothing nor anyone is perfect but God and His Son.


31 posted on 12/24/2015 4:25:11 PM PST by tflabo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: Skooz

Merry Christmas to you and all others who are spending this holiday alone. I am lucky that my 20 yr old son still lives with me but am single as well. Lost my husband to cancer 11 years ago. But it’s ok, maybe one of these days I’ll find someone else. For now it’s me the boy and the dogs. All is well.


32 posted on 12/24/2015 4:25:36 PM PST by knak (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: A. Morgan

http://streema.com/radios/play/32922

nice music for company! God Bless and Merry Christmas!

Well with pork this time of year, I go for sauerkraut. ; )

Hope the above link for wonderful Christmas music lifts your spirits~!


33 posted on 12/24/2015 4:25:54 PM PST by AMDG&BVMH
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: Skooz

You have your pup, your Saviour, and your FRiends right nearby. Who says you're alone :-)


34 posted on 12/24/2015 4:26:21 PM PST by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Skooz
I've spent my Christmases alone since 1993. I'll cook my Christmas pasta dish tomorrow and wash it down with a bottle of red.

Tonight I'll entertain our troops at the FReeper Canteen.

35 posted on 12/24/2015 4:28:17 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Skooz

Home alone with my four kitties and a killer headcold. Makes me grumpy but life could be a lot worse. Merry Christmas to all the FReepers this Christmas Eve!


36 posted on 12/24/2015 4:30:40 PM PST by fivecatsandadog ( "Radical" Muslims will kill you. "Moderates" will sit in silence and watch the radicals kill you.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Publius

Pasta???


37 posted on 12/24/2015 4:32:16 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies]

To: AMDG&BVMH

My spirits couldn’t be higher!


38 posted on 12/24/2015 4:32:46 PM PST by A. Morgan (Ayn Rand: "You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: so_real

Well, I don’t have the pup any longer. She has gone to the great kennel in the sky.

But, I do have my Saviour, my FRiends, and excellent Christmas music playing.

Life is good. Very good, indeed.


39 posted on 12/24/2015 4:33:48 PM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies]

To: Skooz

Look on the bright side. Christmas with your daughter tomorrow. Christ is coming to us tonight. We are less alone tonight than any other night of the year.

I am going to be heading out to Midnight Mass and so am planning to brew some coffee to stay awake.

There is an Old Time Christmas Radio Show thread here on FR.

This is a great night on tv. NBC is showing “It’s a Wonderful Life” in primetime and then Midnight Mass from the Vatican later. “The Bishop’s Wife” is on TCM. On EWTN at 10:30 Eastern time, Christmas Eve Mass from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.


40 posted on 12/24/2015 4:34:36 PM PST by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 201-220 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson