The December Holidays are about friends, family, religion, and an acknowledgement of the New Year. All these things can be celebrated using little or no money. Actually, some of the very best celebrations I have attended have been done using a limited budget.
It is all in your attitude. In the Little House book, The Long Winter, Laura Ingalls Wilder tells of the Christmas Pa got caught in the big snow. Pa had to eat the children's only Christmas present, hard candy. The family celebrated anyway. Pa was alive, they were together, and that was enough.
Even if you are by yourself, plan on doing SOMETHING on the day you usually celebrate. Take a walk, make a special food, volunteer to feed the poor, anything but sit at home feeling sorry for yourself.
Who knows, it might be your best Holiday ever.
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