Surviving Thanksgiving Alone

Donna F. Ferber

Single Parent Gossip

Thanksgiving marks the official beginning of the holiday season. Although usually less fraught with anxiety than Christmas, if it is the first “big holiday” since your estrangement from your spouse, you may be dreading the day. It also may be your first holiday without your children. Going through a divorce can give you the perfect “excuse” to break with tradition and forge your own way of celebrating. Spending the holiday home by yourself watching videos and eating Chinese take-out (yes, they are open on Thanksgiving) may be just what you need to do!

Another idea is to prepare a complete Thanksgiving dinner for yourself with you favorite foods. Set the table with linen and candles and put on music you like. Enjoy the day celebrating by yourself. Divorce gives you the opportunity to listen to what you want and what works for you. It can be a time of loss of traditions, but it also can signal liberation from those traditions, rituals, and obligations that no longer have meaning for you.

Source: http://www.singleparentgossip.com/1200/practical-advice/surviving-thanksgiving-alone/