What if, this year, you took a step back? While shop windows sparkle, calendars fill up with sometimes obligatory meals, and the pressure of the “perfect Christmas” mounts, one question keeps coming up: is it really necessary to spend the holidays surrounded by others? For some, choosing to spend Christmas alone is neither sad nor marginal… it is even a lucid, deliberate, and profoundly liberating decision.
They understood that chosen solitude is not a failure
Some people know that forcing themselves to share a moment when they don’t feel like it can be more exhausting than enjoyable. They’ve embraced this simple yet powerful idea: preserving emotional balance sometimes requires withdrawal, and there’s nothing shameful about that choice. It’s a form of conscious emotional well-being .
They know that agreements are not obligations
“At Christmas, we do what everyone else does”… really? People who spend Christmas alone have realized that many traditions are based more on habit than on genuine desire. They question this famous “it’s just the thing to do” and dare to ask themselves: does it make me feel good?
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