Thanks for sharing this. Christmas can be such a difficult time of year. My wife & I don't even celebrate it anymore. We don't have any extended family or friends; so there's no one around to do anything with even if we wanted to. And I'm pretty-much a recluse at this point too... by choice. So I don't go much of anywhere I don't have to. Still... I, at least, am flooded with difficult memories. And there are a lot of them. I wish you great success in your efforts to create new friendships.