Guess I have always taken the approach that if a Holiday doesn't apply to me or my situation that I just ignore it & don't let it bother me one way or the other. Saves a lot of personal grief. I feel good that others do have family to celebrate with but I also appreciate my own situation with a mom who died years ago & my daughter lives 1000 miles away and neither of us have money to waste on traveling. Life is what it is & we can be thankful for things we do have vs bemoaning what we don't have