Alone on Thanksgiving? 7 Tips to Rock your Solosgiving into your Best Thanksgiving Yet.

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Alone On Thanksgiving?

Holidays tend to be a tricky time for most people. Festivities and articles about their touch and go nature circulate every year and phrases like “Friendsgiving” have caught on like wildfire in the age of the millennial gaze, and why shouldn’t it? It is a brilliant idea.

Options are few on how to spend the holidays with this years pandemic, but we are getting creative.

We’ve had to seriously sit ourselves and our loved ones down and have had to have some tough conversations about canceling our normal festivities for something new.

The general rule of thumb has been to keep celebrating, but celebrate with the people who already live in your home. If you do travel, quarantine 14 days before arriving to your guests home, which gives you just enough time to help set the table and prepare a festive dish for your holiday hosts.

The pandemic has ruined many things, but one thing it cannot ruin is our spirit and our zest for celebrating holidays in new and innovative ways; which is why I want to talk to you about fun ways you can spend your Thanksgiving, by yourself (solo) or with your immediate household, without feeling like you’ve got FOMO (fear of missing out).

How To Spend it

Alone on Thanksgiving Idea 1:

Plan your holiday meal in any way you choose. Maybe you’ve had your eye on a recipe for years and in the name of tradition and not hurting anyone’s feelings you’ve never tried out your recipe. Well, this is your year. Cook away to your hearts content.

I see so many people complain about the idea of cooking for one to two people and viewing holidays as not worth the effort if the guest list is small……… I have to disagree here. Have you ever had a leftover turkey sandwich with Thanksgiving fillers? Make your feast. You’ll thank me later.

Idea 2:

Get your favorite holiday morning cocktail and lounge your morning away sipping and watching the “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.” They stream it on YouTube, so you literally never have to miss it.

Alone on Thanksgiving Idea 3:

Send your annual holiday texts to friends and family.

Sending texts to loved ones and friends is a nice gesture you can do to show people in your life that you are thinking about them, and it allows them to follow up with you in a more meaningful way.

Idea 4:

Plan a Zoom event with friends and family where you can either catch up with one another face to face, or play a fun interactive game with one another.

Solosgiving Idea 5:

Spend the day cooking to keep yourself preoccupied with the holiday festivities, while playing music and keeping the energy fun and light throughout the day.

Idea 6:

What I am saying is, take care of yourself and let yourself feel that you are indeed a PRIZE and a PRIORITY, because you are.

Take a bath and or do a pamper session to unwind your stresses. It is true that the normal holiday stresses of showing up on time, making a dish, helping out, having a lot of in person interactions may not be stressing you out this year, but the thing about stress is that it always finds a way to be present even when old stressors are out the window.

The Grand Finale to Your Solo Thanksgiving

Unwind the day by curling up with your favorite movie and or a good book.

Thanksgiving is the day I personally start getting into the Christmas spirit, so I will likely be choosing a Christmas movie.

I hope these tips help you to feel less alone during this oddball year and I hope that you get to enjoy your holidays in the best  way that you can.

Sending you all a big hug, lots of good cheer and a smile.

-Nikita