Not the bah humbug you were looking for but I feel your angst having lived it myself.
Take care and be merry.
And then one day it hit me -- he wasn't sad, we were. He'd just forgotten. It wasn't anything personal.
) So I find the pressure of being it, the sole remaining immediate family member, a bit excruciating. Especially when she keeps introducing me as her sister, to the staff! I try my best, but it's hard & it's a bit weird, really. Luckily for me, my niece (who has had a much better relationship with my mother) will be there, too. That certainly helps! 
Oy msolga. I don't even know where to start, I'm thinking that in my 65 years I've had 1 xmas I enjoyed. That was a happenstance when I happened to spend xmas with my grandparents on their farm in the USA. .... I was about 10 yrs old. EVERY other xmas was shear hell.
This year Lady Diane and meself will have Osso here for steak and baked potatos with dessert of Diane made apple pie. It will be nice and we will miss not having Roger here this year.
That sounds good! I'd love to spend the day like this myself! But why is Roger deserting you this time? Chipmunks roasting on an open fire . . .
This past year has been very challenging to me. There's been more than one time I've just wanted to give up and through in the towel.
I guess the only reason I haven't is that I have no idea what that means.
I do know that every bit of trust I have so painstakingly opened myself to over my lifetime has turned on me to stab me in my soul.
This xmas means no more to me than the fact that it is next Friday. The one saving grace is that on the 2 occassions this month I would have been called upon to show any holiday spirit I was either out of the state, or otherwise not available.
Please have snow and mistletoe?
Snow can be dangerous, as in Virginia, and mistletoe is a parasite.
My daughter is snowed in, so I guess I'll spend Christmas alone.
Bah! Humbug
Aw crap, lost the post......
snot runs down a drippy nose...
(commiserating, msO)
One of the very many good bits about choosing not to have children is, we can choose to not have Christmas as well. We talked about it, and decided to leave the pesky fake tree and decorations in the shed this year.
And happily, relatives are too far away to cause us any trouble.
We'll open a few presents, and buy presents for the pets, and have a delightful Christmas!
I was thinking today I would like to send my parents a xmas card, the thing is all I know is that they live in a medically staffed apartment complex somewhere in south denver. I have no address. Now I suppose many of you readers could say "I'm sure you could find their address if you wanted to" and that's true, on the other hand the fact that they (meaning my father) has not informed me of where they live for several years so I assume he is not interested in hearing from me. My mother is (so I've been told) in final state alzheimers.
My only living brother who lives in San Diego has had much of his brain removed via 6 brain surgeries and is essentially incapacitated.
prolly best not to get me started.
Ima go make a ham for gram on the day.
