My first Christmas evening alone I'll never forget. I was in Portugal in 2004 and I felt very lonely. I bought some sea food and a bottle of Freixenet cava (sparkling wine) but it wouldn't help...
The 10 years which would follow before to get children I would avoid this situation and "celebrate" it with partner and / or with colleagues / friends even when there wasn't much to celebrate like in 2006 when my grandmother died (less than a month later than my mother had died) or 2 years ago when my grandfather had died on the 16th December
I guess Christmas and me never will be a great match.
Today for the first time in 14 years I would be alone without my children. Fortunately I had enough on my mind, did a lot of grocery shopping and after a great meal with oysters and this lamb shoulder with an amazing wine from Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2001 I was tired enough to go to bed...
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