craftyone clearly wants to celebrate Christmas, even though she is on her own, I am not sure that being told Christmas is nothing special, or just do something else is going to help.
I have never spent Christmas on my own and I love all the work, but I have sometimes fantasized about how I would spend the day if on my own.
My flat, and I always think of me living in a flat, not my house, would be decorated and I would have a tree. I would wake early, turn the radio to Christmas music and potter; getting lunch ready, a small turkey joint, ham, stuffing and all the trimmings. I would then go to church and afterwards go for a long walk. I would return home to cook my lunch, which I would eat at a suitably decorated table. After lunch, with coffee and mints by my side I would delve into my new book.
Later when it got dark I would go for another walk to look at all the lights and decorations in shopping streets and people's houses and gardens. I would then return home to a supper of salad and cold mat and a mincepie, and mulled wine before settling in front of the tv with nibbles and a glass of home made blackberry gin to watch a cd of Rossini's opera, Cenerentola (Cinderella), one particular production, which is as witty and funny as any pantomime. All day I would indulge myself with memories of all the happy Christmases I have been fortunate to enjoy through out my life.