# Dude/Dudette! You Alone On Christmas Eve? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 25, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-dudette-you-alone-on-christmas-eve/478610 "2008-12-25T01:56:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-dudette-you-alone-on-christmas-eve/478610/21 "2008-12-25T03:36:20Z")
And yeah, that mIRC thang gave my computer a virus too a while back, so don’t look for me there. Sorry! Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-dudette-you-alone-on-christmas-eve/478610/22 "2008-12-25T03:40:33Z")
Oh yeah! **LubeQueen**?🙂 You have a nice trip with\*\* Mr. Ninety Wt\*\*. and y’all be safe, okay? Shoot me an e-mail when you get back so I won’t worry! Bill ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-dudette-you-alone-on-christmas-eve/478610/23 "2008-12-25T04:01:53Z")
I’ve been looking for someone to spend Christmas Eve with since 1979, still maybe Still there are a lot of people worse off than me, of course they all live in trees and worship sticks Merry Christmas 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-dudette-you-alone-on-christmas-eve/478610/24 "2008-12-25T04:11:38Z")
It’s already Christmas here, and I’m still alone. I unwrapped my presents a few minutes ago via webcam, but I didn’t get to see my whole family since it’s still just Christmas Eve there. And unwrapping presents isn’t as fun when you are doing it by yourself and there is no dinner and talking afterwards. I’m celebrating with friends this weekend, but it’s going to be a long lonely day before that. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-dudette-you-alone-on-christmas-eve/478610/25 "2008-12-25T04:41:51Z")
Yea, all alone, but I just watched a quite enjoyable flick on one of the Turner movie channels called _Cluny Brown_. It was one of those 40’s comedies based on British manners and class distinction. Happy Holidays to all! ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-dudette-you-alone-on-christmas-eve/478610/26 "2008-12-25T04:55:06Z")
I’m at work, taking care of those bleeders too. I’ll be up all night. Maybe I’ll check out the WfM craislist for fun. All the winners there! ---
**Author:** ![FallingLeaves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/54ee81/32.png) [@FallingLeaves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallingLeaves)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-dudette-you-alone-on-christmas-eve/478610/27 "2008-12-25T05:33:00Z")
Yep, all alone. Will be on New Years Eve/Day too. That’s what happens when you don’t really have a lot of family close by (or like enough to travel long distance for) and your few friends all have family to spend the holidays with. I really should be used to this by now. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-dudette-you-alone-on-christmas-eve/478610/28 "2008-12-25T05:51:27Z")
Whew! Got carried away in Azeroth killing wolves and kobolds. Still up though! 🙂 Just added Leaves to my friends list, if you’re still here! Q ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-dudette-you-alone-on-christmas-eve/478610/29 "2008-12-25T05:54:47Z")
I’m kind of alone right now - I’m at my mother’s house (in Ajijic, Mexico) but she is sound asleep. I have to stay up to let my husband and son in when they arrive, which will be around 2 am Christmas morning if all goes well (they are flying in from Tampa to Guadalajara). Would one of you PLEEZ send some eggnog my way? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-dudette-you-alone-on-christmas-eve/478610/30 "2008-12-25T05:59:25Z")
Trying to figure out if egg nog will go through my modem and still get to you in time!🙂 Only one more hour to go from where I sit. MERRY CHRISTMAS, **CC**!🙂 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-dudette-you-alone-on-christmas-eve/478610/31 "2008-12-25T06:02:58Z")
Oops, forgot to say … Merry Christmas to you too, **Quasi** , and to everyone upthread! ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-dudette-you-alone-on-christmas-eve/478610/32 "2008-12-25T06:12:56Z")
Okay, looks like all my chilluns are either otherwise occupied or gone to bed, so I’m gonna shut down Quasi’s Lonely Christmas Hearts Club Band till later on today. Despite being by yourself, I hope you’ve had a nice Christmas Eve, and that you realize that you’re not alone. There’s a guy sittin at his computer in Georgia who hasn’t been alone either, thanks to y’all! Good Night and Merry Christmas from Quasi and Bert [![](https://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff71/Drummerboy49/P1010853-1.jpg) ](https://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff71/Drummerboy49/P1010853-1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Shroud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@The\_Shroud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Shroud)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-dudette-you-alone-on-christmas-eve/478610/33 "2008-12-25T06:23:39Z")
I’m alone, but I just spent the entire evening on video Skype with one whole side of the family. They just plopped a laptop in the middle of their conversations and present-opening, and it really was the next best thing to being there. In fact, it worked almost too well. Now visions of money saved on future plane fare are dancing in my head. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-dudette-you-alone-on-christmas-eve/478610/34 "2008-12-25T06:35:50Z")
so, I just had a pt arrive with a facial laceration, a little mishap while assembling some toys. He’ll need some stiches and was wondering what he’s going to tell his kids in the morning. Ever that fast smart-ass I tell him ‘just say you caught mommy kissing Santa Claus and the 2 of you had words.’ I love this job sometimes ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-dudette-you-alone-on-christmas-eve/478610/35 "2008-12-25T06:43:21Z")
I wasn’t technicalyy alone, I had the [cat](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e260/dogbutler/Pets/006-3.jpg) with me.🙂 Merry Christmas to all! ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-dudette-you-alone-on-christmas-eve/478610/36 "2008-12-25T06:53:07Z")
I’m semi-alone: Mr. Starving got food poisoning yesterday, almost certainly from something at the office pot luck party. It was a night of …stuff… violently exiting from both ends all night for him. Unfortunately he had to go to work today, then he crawled home and conked out about 5 pm. Snores emanating from the bedroom all evening doesn’t really count as company, you know? So I’ve spent the evening doing a bunch of quiet chores – balanced the checkbook, paid the bills, dusted and straightened and so forth. Eh. Not a wonderful way to spend Christmas Eve, but no biggie. What is a little depressing is that he’s one of those guys who doesn’t even start Christmas shopping until Christmas eve. Combined with the fact that our extended family all agreed we woudn’t exchange presents this year, well, I’m guessing this means no presents for me. ☹ And, yes, I know, there are millions of people with much worse problems. Still. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-dudette-you-alone-on-christmas-eve/478610/37 "2008-12-25T06:58:35Z")
That cat looks so happy. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-dudette-you-alone-on-christmas-eve/478610/38 "2008-12-25T06:59:37Z")
> [@FallingLeaves](#): > > I really should be used to this by now. Yeah, I should too. Of course, the phone conversation I had earlier irritated me enough that I remembered why seeing the relatives at holiday time isn’t always the best idea. I suppose, since it’s one minute to midnight for me, I should go to sleep soon. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-dudette-you-alone-on-christmas-eve/478610/39 "2008-12-25T07:00:00Z")
> [@Jaglavak](#): > > Yuppers. I’ve come down with a nasty chest cold. And rather than share that with my entire family I decided to stay home this Christmas. Lung cookies - the gift that keeps on giving. > > Today I sacked in, pigged out, did a cleaning, surfed a bit, swapped emails, ran the cat around in the snow with the feather toy, and then warmed up one frozen catsicle back to normal again. He absolutely can’t resist the feather toy. He’ll get even for that. > > Pretty soon I’m going to wander out to the kitchen and bake a pumpkin pie. I’m no chef but even I can follow the directions on the label. Tomorrow I’m going to bake a mini Christmas dinner. Around supper time I’ll call up the clan and sing Merry Christmas To Yooo very badly, and all will be well. > > Except for my lungs, that is. That’s getting better very slowly. That had to be the worst thing that I have ever had, two weeks ago I started coming down with something and just pushed it off cause I dont get sick that often. Till I started waking up in the morning with those lung cookies wanting to make an exit. I go to the doc in a box , and he tells me that I have not just one cold , oh no , I got hit with two in succession and at present the resident cold is a chest cold. Never have I had one of these suckers before that I remember so I feel your pain. Robbutosin will clear up the chest part nicely though. Declan ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-dudette-you-alone-on-christmas-eve/478610/40 "2008-12-25T07:03:48Z")
I’m doing my usual alone bit for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day (right now), and Boxing Day. Friends of mine worry a bit about me, bless 'em, but I prefer not sharing Christmas with other people’s families. Looking forward to doing a bit of yardwork tomorrow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-dudette-you-alone-on-christmas-eve/478610.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-dudette-you-alone-on-christmas-eve/478610.md?page=3)