[pixelbreaker]

Agreed, posts like this exacerbate the feeling of being alone.

I'm alone this Christmas, and it's bloody great, a morning of simracing, followed by pizza and a nap then maybe watch die hard.

A large proportion of people seem to make the assumption that being with family is amazing and everyone should do it. But if your family are largely arseholes, then why waste your time and energy?

[FourthProtocol]

This so much. My wife and son are in France with the parents in-law. I refused to go because racism and bigotry and, and, and... I have also loved being alone my entire life. I made a bird feeder this morning.

[pixelbreaker]

Good work, happy birds!

[jimmygrapes]

>refuse [...] because of bigotry

I think you might need to reevaluate either your word choice or your perceptions