Hi,
When I was in the US, Thanksgiving did not mean much to me because it is not a Holiday in my country, so sometimes I spent it by myself and it was OK. But Christmas and New Year were kind of sad, if I spent them alone. Once I went down to the metro station and brought some food to the agent doing the shift. She was happy and me, too. In my country , for different reasons, I chose to be with people that were alone or needed some help. Once I was hospitalized and they were going to release me for the holidays. I shared the room with a girl that was going to spend the holidays at the hospital, so I stayed their with her, and I felt OK, she was happy and I was, too. But sometimes I cannot go out myself to do such things. In general, I know that the best thing to face loneliness is fight against sentiment of abandonment and look for somebody that needs company, do something useful for somebody else. But, again, sometimes I cannot reach out. But in general, if you reach out if you forget about yourself, at the end of the day, you feel better