I have found that in the past to be really helpful, is to spend it with people you barely know. I have actually in the past went to soup kitchens and also volunteered on the holidays. It was very therapeutic. I have went to soup kitchens because I stopped cooking, and almost stopped eating, and was dropping weight fast. I would only cook eggs. I was invited there by someone and I ate there in gratitude. I had money to eat and buy food. I just couldn't handle going to the store or even cooking. There is no room there to concern yourself with your own troubles. They all have it. I started eating again...it also changed my picky eating traits for a while. ...but you are 100% correct!!! It is easier to spend it with people you barely know. It may even make it better. Especially if some of them stand in the same place in mind.