I'm a fan of the Escape at Christmas holidays. Separated in 2012, I spent my first "all alone" Christmas (our son, traumatised by the separation, skipped the country in September 2012 and spent 6 months travelling through Asia). Although that first Christmas alone wasn't awful (I dog minded for travelling friends), it wasn't great ... 2013 I went to my sisters with her family, staying at a nearby hotel to give them (and me) space - lots of playing games (great)!, drinking (um, not so much) and smoking pot - Oh So Not Me!! (shudders).
2014 I thought oh sod it, booked in August for a Leger "Singles" Coach Trip to Tuscany (my first time in Italy, the BH (bastard husband) never wanted to go). Loved the trip but. But! I was perhaps the 2nd youngest (at 55) and being a soft sod looked after the lady sitting next to me on the coach who'd had a stroke and couldn't - well, frankly, couldn't manage anything! Cutting up her food at mealtimes etc. Hmmm. It was a great trip, but not the holiday I was hoping for.
2015 I went with Shearings to Venice - but this wasn't a "singles" experience, only 3 of us single ladies; although I ended up on a table with some absolutely fabulous people the couples liked to spend time during the day by themselves and it was a bit lonely.
2016 - One of my Meetup groups organised a trip to Bulgaria, a snow/ski resort at Borovetz. Tiny group of us, organiser, an American lady working in the UK who'd fallen out with her mother (!), a man who had a terrible cold and did the man-flu self indulgent self pitying thing, me - and my son, who'd taken up my offer of paying for him. Well, I had a lot of fun (spa hotel, kid skied, I spa'd!).
2017 - Just You to Zagreb. Big group but very well organised and some lovely people. Zagreb and Christmas Markets, amazing Cathedral. Wine tasting organised.
Good fun!
2018 - Amalfi Coast with Just You again. Be still my beating heart oh so gorgeous! Staying in a little coastal village called Minori, trips to Sorrento, Amalfi town, Ravello, and only blooming Pompeii!!! Group of 38 of us so lots of people to natter to. Superb, frankly.
There are a few odd-bods on these trips, but as one of my favourite people on the Amalfi trip said, if there isn't an odd-bod it probably means you are the odd-bod.
Looking at my options for this Christmas. I highly recommend it - you can be as sociable as you want, or escape and read a book. I work full time so I make the Christmas trip my holiday of the year.
Hope I haven't gone on and on, but I do hope my thoughts are of help to those considering a trip.