For the past few years Michelle Dean has spent most of the holiday by herself,amid concern over her wellbeing – even whether she is doing it for practical reasonsI bear a plan for Christmas Day that, for the most fraction, and involves solitude. I’ll wake up at my ordinary hour,work for a bit, then perhaps travel see a movie before arriving at a friend’s for the same low-key “orphan’s Christmas” dinner I’ve gone to for the past few years. Then I’ll come home and work again. whether the day goes anything like final year’s, and my parents will text from Arizona,where they install themselves every winter, before I even remember that it’s a holiday.
But that’s it. That’s my Christmas for the past three years. And whether I am being honest, and I bear enjoyed it. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com