Holidays
MissingMinnesota
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Well the holiday's are upon on us. This can be a difficult time for single peeps. What are you doing? Who are you sharing them with? What is your response after your great aunt asks you for the 15th time when are you going to get married and pop out babies?
For Thanksgiving I am going to an orphan thanksgiving that some friends are hosting. There are going to be about 30 of us that don't have family to share the day with so we are all spending the time together. Most of us are single or in newish relationships.
I am celebrating Christmas when I go home in mid December with my family but since I am going home at the non-traditional time there won't really be any extended family involved.
For Thanksgiving I am going to an orphan thanksgiving that some friends are hosting. There are going to be about 30 of us that don't have family to share the day with so we are all spending the time together. Most of us are single or in newish relationships.
I am celebrating Christmas when I go home in mid December with my family but since I am going home at the non-traditional time there won't really be any extended family involved.
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I am spending Thanksgiving with my best friend and our dogs, and for Christmas/New Years I am going to Utah to visit some friends and family (not from there, they just all migrated out there a few years ago strangely enough). I am super excited!! My family never bugs me about getting married and making babies cause we're cool like that. I am so so so excited and the only downside is I have to leave Rufio at home
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I am spending Thanksgiving with my best friend and our dogs, and for Christmas/New Years I am going to Utah to visit some friends and family (not from there, they just all migrated out there a few years ago strangely enough). I am super excited!! My family never bugs me about getting married and making babies cause we're cool like that. I am so so so excited and the only downside is I have to leave Rufio at home
Are you going skiing while in Utah? Sounds like a fun trip.0 -
Going to brothers for Thanksgiving,he is moving in Jan so after that it will likely be a long time before I see him and his family again.
Christmas will come and go for me which is how I prefer.0 -
My parents host Thanksgiving with us kids and the grandmas and my single uncle.
They host Christmas Eve as well with me, my sister, one of the grandmas and usually my uncle and his gf and her kids. Christmas Day is with extended family at my grandmas house.
I'm usually not hounded too much, but I do occasionally get the "why are you single?" from relatives...how do I explain that? So I always laugh and say "I don't know!"0 -
I'm headed down home in Missouri, I dont' have to cook dinner for everyone!!!! I'm sooo excited I don't have to cook!
Ok...so maybe I'll make the mashed potatoes... but for the most part we are going to go play in the yard, with all the animals....oh I miss the farm!
Actual New Years, I'm going to spend with my lil peeps, I think we are going to try and do something really fun! A home made New Years Eve Party for one big kid and two little kids
If you have any ideas for a little party lemme know!0 -
If you have any ideas for a little party lemme know!
You could do an Aztec theme since the Mayan's were wrong.0 -
The man and I are doing our own Thanksgiving dinner and spending the next 3 days off doing whatever we please. Christmas my parents come to my place and he's going to Tennessee to visit his parents.
One more day and I'm free and clear for 4...YES!0 -
I am spending Thanksgiving with my best friend and our dogs, and for Christmas/New Years I am going to Utah to visit some friends and family (not from there, they just all migrated out there a few years ago strangely enough). I am super excited!! My family never bugs me about getting married and making babies cause we're cool like that. I am so so so excited and the only downside is I have to leave Rufio at home
Are you going skiing while in Utah? Sounds like a fun trip.
I don't think so, I've never been skiing before! I think we are planning on snowshoeing haha0 -
I am spending Thanksgiving with my best friend and our dogs, and for Christmas/New Years I am going to Utah to visit some friends and family (not from there, they just all migrated out there a few years ago strangely enough). I am super excited!! My family never bugs me about getting married and making babies cause we're cool like that. I am so so so excited and the only downside is I have to leave Rufio at home
Are you going skiing while in Utah? Sounds like a fun trip.
I don't think so, I've never been skiing before! I think we are planning on snowshoeing haha
snowshoeing is fun and a major workout.0 -
Will spend the holidays alone unless I can make some new friends between now and then. No worries. Better alone than miserable, and it's a chance for me to catch up on some reading.0
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I am spending Thanksgiving with my best friend and our dogs, and for Christmas/New Years I am going to Utah to visit some friends and family (not from there, they just all migrated out there a few years ago strangely enough). I am super excited!! My family never bugs me about getting married and making babies cause we're cool like that. I am so so so excited and the only downside is I have to leave Rufio at home
Are you going skiing while in Utah? Sounds like a fun trip.
I don't think so, I've never been skiing before! I think we are planning on snowshoeing haha
snowshoeing is fun and a major workout.
I heard! I am looking forward to it! I'll need the workout because of all the Cafe Rio I'll be eating, hahahaha!Will spend the holidays alone unless I can make some new friends between now and then. No worries. Better alone than miserable, and it's a chance for me to catch up on some reading.
Is your man going out.0 -
I'm having a small dinner with my mom. Her husband is going out of town to visit his father and his children who are younger than me. The reason my mom isn't going with him is because she has to work Friday and he doesn't so he's leaving Wednesday and coming back Sunday. I don't have to work Friday either. After our little dinner I'll probably bring some food over to my friend who has to work that day. Pretty much it.0
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I am "blessed" to get all the holidays at my house. So my mom, step dad and grandma will be at my house for dinner.
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Thanksgiving will be the kids and I. We always cook a big dinner, play board games and watch movies. Just a nice relaxing day for us. Well...for them as I get dinner ready.
I drive them to their father's house the Friday before Christmas and will be enjoying some me time for the 10 days they are gone. On Christmas Eve I go to the midnight service at church, then pick up Chinese takeout and beer. On Christmas Day, I serve breakfast at the homeless shelter and then come back home and throw my pj's on. I have leftover Chinese food (no cooking!) and watch non-Christmas movies all day (so I don't think about what I'm missing). I head into work the next day and all is well in the world. I'll be picking up the kids on New Years Eve this year, and we'll probably get home just as the clock strikes midnight. Santa will arrive at my house that night and we'll have a full Christmas celebration the next day....presents, dinner and playing with the toys. 0 -
I will be at a small dinner with some friends.0
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For Thanksgiving I am going to an orphan thanksgiving that some friends are hosting.
That is normal for single people not seeing anyone exclusively and not spending time with family.0 -
My kids will be at their dads this thanksgiving (we alternate) and my sister is working so I will have the house all to myself for thanksgiving:bigsmile: I'm super excited about it.I'm gonna pop open the windows, cook and listen to music. I'm the senior member of my family on the holidays since I don't talk to my mom and my dad is in another state so no one ever bugs me about getting married again lol. Most years I invite all my single friends over for a strays thanksgiving.
This weekend the kids and I will go get the tree bake christmas cookies and chocolate chip waffles then decorate their ornaments while watching christmas vacation and muppets christmas carol0 -
For Thanksgiving I am going to an orphan thanksgiving that some friends are hosting.
That is normal for single people not seeing anyone exclusively and not spending time with family.
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I am cooking my two brothers and their families this year. After 15 weeks gone, my boys are home from Georgia so we are making quite the day out of it. :happy: :happy: :happy:0
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For Thanksgiving, I'm going to Virginia to spend it with family. My aunt & uncle are visiting mom from Italy, my brother will drive up from North Carolina and my sister lives close by so it will be the whole family this time. I'm really hoping that there's no drama... my sister is a nasty drunk and likes to pass judgement on everyone else's life. :ohwell:
For Christmas, mom is coming out to California because I'm having surgery on 12/21 so she's going to take care of me while I recover. We've decided to host an orphan Christmas for my friends who don't have anywhere else to go. It's going to be great!0 -
Thanksgiving for me will be early, as 11am with family and a few friends. I work that night so I can't stay out late.
Xmas falls on the middle of my weekend off work so I don't really have plans other than maybe catching The Hobbit movie for the 3rd/4th time :-)0 -
I'm playing hostess twice this week. My kids' grandmother and I are combining our talents and cooking up a scrumptious meal on Thursday. I'm in charge of the dressing that day, as well as some sides and desserts. My mom, my dad and his wife (yes, the exes get along just fine), and whoever else decides to show up (I invited all local family who doesn't have somewhere else to be) will be here on Thursday. Football will blast from the television. Games may be played. Talking and laughter will definitely be present. But the day I really can't wait for is Saturday.
That's the day my oldest sister and her kids will be coming over to my house, and when we all get together, LAUGHTER takes over. I promise. No boredom or anyone pinching cheeks or anyone asking anyone else when they are going to get married. All three of us (my mom, sis, and me) are single women, so we don't ask each other those questions. Fun fun fun. That's all I can say. And delicious food galore. I usually need two refrigerators for the holidays. (I did have two, but I gave one away to a young couple who needed one.)
I'm also planning to get lots of mom/kid time in this long weekend. We're going to the movies, and I'm sure there will be sleepovers with friends involved.0 -
I am cooking my two brothers and their families this year. After 15 weeks gone, my boys are home from Georgia so we are making quite the day out of it. :happy: :happy: :happy:
I'm sorry! I can't resist! You're cooking your two brothers and their families?? lol I jest goodheartedly. No offense meant. I make typos all the time. But I did laugh when I saw that.0 -
We don't do Thanksgiving here (though I've always wanted to attend a Thanksgiving dinner - one year I must arrange to be in the US at the right moment, ditto July 4th!), but I can't wait for Christmas. I'll be on the train home to Scotland on the 21st/22nd (actually my cousins' house, but 'home' for me in any case). Once off the train, the air will be the cleanest in the world, the fire will be roaring, and the whiskey will be good! We'll be 17 (I think!) across multiple generations for Christmas this year, and once I'm there, things are so full-on that I don't really notice the being single bit. There, I'm the 'fun', non-parental adult, who is also sort of a 'kid', sous-chef and gingerbread-house-maker extraordinaire and provider of descants to fill a small country church at Midnight Mass.
I do find the run-up to Christmas tough as a singleton, though. With the lights and the parties and the romance of it all, it's a difficult time to be on your own. I'd love to have someone to share things with - one of my favourite times of the year would be made even more lovely if shared with someone whose hand I could hold. :frown:0 -
I'm planning a quiet day in my sweats on Thursday, will pick my daughter up for the weekend on Friday and going to my mom's for Thanksgiving on Sunday. 0
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We don't do Thanksgiving here (though I've always wanted to attend a Thanksgiving dinner - one year I must arrange to be in the US at the right moment, ditto July 4th!), but I can't wait for Christmas. I'll be on the train home to Scotland on the 21st/22nd (actually my cousins' house, but 'home' for me in any case). Once off the train, the air will be the cleanest in the world, the fire will be roaring, and the whiskey will be good! We'll be 17 (I think!) across multiple generations for Christmas this year, and once I'm there, things are so full-on that I don't really notice the being single bit. There, I'm the 'fun', non-parental adult, who is also sort of a 'kid', sous-chef and gingerbread-house-maker extraordinaire and provider of descants to fill a small country church at Midnight Mass.
This sounds AMAZING!0 -
We don't do Thanksgiving here (though I've always wanted to attend a Thanksgiving dinner - one year I must arrange to be in the US at the right moment, ditto July 4th!), but I can't wait for Christmas. I'll be on the train home to Scotland on the 21st/22nd (actually my cousins' house, but 'home' for me in any case). Once off the train, the air will be the cleanest in the world, the fire will be roaring, and the whiskey will be good! We'll be 17 (I think!) across multiple generations for Christmas this year, and once I'm there, things are so full-on that I don't really notice the being single bit. There, I'm the 'fun', non-parental adult, who is also sort of a 'kid', sous-chef and gingerbread-house-maker extraordinaire and provider of descants to fill a small country church at Midnight Mass.
This sounds AMAZING!
It is! I really can't wait. Hoping for a big freeze this year so we can have a bonfire on the loch again - doesn't happen often, but amazing when it does!0 -
I am cooking my two brothers and their families this year. After 15 weeks gone, my boys are home from Georgia so we are making quite the day out of it. :happy: :happy: :happy:
I'm sorry! I can't resist! You're cooking your two brothers and their families?? lol I jest goodheartedly. No offense meant. I make typos all the time. But I did laugh when I saw that.
LOL .... when I make a typo like that, it absolutely needs to be made fun of ... no worries, no offense taken ... :laugh: :laugh:0 -
We don't do Thanksgiving here (though I've always wanted to attend a Thanksgiving dinner - one year I must arrange to be in the US at the right moment, ditto July 4th!), but I can't wait for Christmas. I'll be on the train home to Scotland on the 21st/22nd (actually my cousins' house, but 'home' for me in any case). Once off the train, the air will be the cleanest in the world, the fire will be roaring, and the whiskey will be good! We'll be 17 (I think!) across multiple generations for Christmas this year, and once I'm there, things are so full-on that I don't really notice the being single bit. There, I'm the 'fun', non-parental adult, who is also sort of a 'kid', sous-chef and gingerbread-house-maker extraordinaire and provider of descants to fill a small country church at Midnight Mass.
This sounds AMAZING!
It is! I really can't wait. Hoping for a big freeze this year so we can have a bonfire on the loch again - doesn't happen often, but amazing when it does!
FYI this is kind of how I always imagine Christmas in English countryside. :happy:0
