What if, this year, you took a step back? While shop windows sparkle, calendars fill up with sometimes obligatory meals, and the pressure of the “perfect Christmas” mounts, one question keeps coming up: is it really necessary to spend the holidays surrounded by others? For some, choosing to spend Christmas alone is neither sad nor marginal… it is even a lucid, deliberate, and profoundly liberating decision.
They understood that chosen solitude is not a failure
In a society where being constantly surrounded by people has become the norm, wanting to be alone remains poorly understood. Yet there is a fundamental difference between imposed solitude and chosen solitude. Spending Christmas alone does not mean being isolated, rejected, or unhappy: it can simply mean being in tune with your own needs.

Some people know that forcing themselves to share a moment when they don’t feel like it can be more exhausting than enjoyable. They’ve embraced this simple yet powerful idea: preserving emotional balance sometimes requires withdrawal, and there’s nothing shameful about that choice. It’s a form of conscious emotional well-being .