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Default Nov 21, 2023 at 05:58 PM
 
First thing, you actually have a "good" problem. That is, whether you know them well or not, you're surrounded by people that want to host you for the holidays. I get that there is a negative connotation for being "alone" during the holidays but I'm sure they mean well. If you want to spend it / them alone, cool. Do your thing.

Just on a personal level, years ago I was on the USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 and we were steaming to our home port of Alameda, California with an arrival date of just before Thanksgiving. There was a signup list in the galley to be "adopted" by a local family to go to their house for Thanksgiving. I'm usually an introvert but not wanting to eat galley food on turkey day, I thought, "What the heck?" so I signed up. I got adopted by this WONDERFUL family in Walnut Creek. They picked me up, took me home, welcomed me, fed me, etc.etc.etc. We stayed in touch for YEARS after I got out of the Navy and I regret not keeping in touch with them. They were wonderful people.
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