We don't really have Halloween here because "some people" thought it was immoral. Sigh. I used to like it and some people still do it. But it comes when my SAD is at its worst, or I haven't yet adapted to it or something. So I often miss it.

I don't get why Xmas has to be about family. Everyone says it's not about money or food, it's about family. That sort of disqualifies many people that might done OK celebrating alone by saying like Oh you cannot celebrate, you don't have a family. Talk about making people outcasts. No wonder people feel extra lonely.

I mean you can indeed celebrate alone if you want to. Why couldn't you??? I mean I'm not going to because I don't do Xmas, I think it's boring. But we celebrate whatever we think is Xmas, we don't celebrate family. If we did, the holiday would be called Family. Not Xmas, or Yule as it's called here.