Christmas is my favorite time of year. I never get depressed or have a hard time of it. I'm fortunate. For what it's worth, Christmas should be a time of cheer, and if there is any difficulty at all, I would say maybe you could find a friend to go have a nice Christmas Eve with and then on Christmas Day if you feel you want to stay home, then by all means do it. Nothing wrong with that. I say just be happy on Christmas Day. Oh and horray for friends like Diane.