This is Christmas - bumming around will only make you feel worse! Stop feeling sorry for yourself. Go to Wal-Mart and get a couple of webcams for $15 each. Send one to your family and hook up the other yourself. They're VERY easy to use.

Then, get recipes for two online for nice dinners. It's easy to prepare a turkey breast or small ham with all the sides, for example. Set the table with nice dishes, light a couple of candles for the centerpiece, put on Christmas music in the living room, get dressed up and enjoy a nice Christmas (or Christmas Eve) dinner together. When it's time to open gifts, have everyone turn on their webcams and enjoy the moment that way.

Your boyfriend may act like he doesn't care, but if he loves you, he'll be happy to celebrate this way with you.

agree with luisamapacha - cook a traditional dinner! use your mom's recipes! make it as festive as possible. set some nice christmas music and candles and make your home warm! do something fun to pass the time like going sledding! watch your favorite movies and share your best holiday stories. and get tippy on wine. you are a family now, just the two of you, so make it work!

I agree with the comments above me. You guys are family now. It's time to start your own traditions.

Tha's exactly what my fiance and I are doing-we went shopping last night for a turkey and all of the fixings. We decided that because we usually visit our families for the holidays (and it gets kinda hectic) that we wanted to spend our first Christmas with just the two of us...well, that was the sentiment before we found out we're expecting so now, it's the three of us!!

But, I would suggest starting traditions of your own and just enjoying each other's company!! The holidays nowadays have a tendency to spin out of control and the best gift you can really give someone is the gift of your company Good luck and have fun!

-Kelly

If you guys spend the day trying to replicate mom's yummy recipes, it'll keep you busy so you can stop feeling sorry for yourself. And who knows? Maybe you guys will actually have some fun doing this together. Even if your turkey comes out dry and burnt, it'll give you a good laugh. In other words, start your own tradition!

My bf and I are going through it this year. He's not going home and my family doesn't celebrate x-mas. I did celebrate it a lot with my ex and last year was my first year in a long time just bumming around at home, so this year with a new bf its nice to be able to start something of our own.

We are just thinking of making it special in our own way. We talked about it and decided we didn't want to stress ourseleves out with a lot of cooking and baking and spend hours watching over the Turkey. We are probably going to have some rum and eggnog, watch some Christmas movies (though not the traditional kind, think Bad Santa, and Elf). And than make a nice meal that doesn't require TONS of work, and snuggle up next to the fire and just appreciate each other's company. And if we get really drunk we might start bellow Christmas carols from his balcony at 2 am

"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?" Ghandi

I love all the suggestions above! There are so many things you could do - bake Christmas cookies together and decorate cookies and then give them to each other, cook a nice meal together, listen to christmas music, watch christmas movies, reminisce about your favorite Christmas as a child...etc. I think you'll have a great time and spend some time on the phone with your parents or do the video chat things (try SKYPE with the webcam) and I think you'll have a very merry christmas!

I agree with everyone. Make your own memories. Try and make all the things that you love to eat with your family. Call mom up to get the exact recipe. Have him help you in the kitchen. Create your own special dinner tradition. Laugh about the over cooked turkey and undercooked carrots for years to come. Buy the web cams and watch your niece do a holiday dance for everyone. The point is that the two of you are your own family and can create your own special holiday whatevers to do this time every year. Family is always just a phone call away.