We grow up celebrating holidays with our families, but after we move away it’s much more difficult.
Work, school, and other goals can require you to relocate.
After a while I started occasionally accepting those invitations, and I’m glad that I did.
The families I’ve spent holidays with are some of the most accepting and loving I’ve ever met.
Furthermore, they treated me like I was part of the family.
In the end we all laughed, joked, and even had the typical holiday family bickering.
Take initiative and invite all of your plan-less friends and acquaintances to get together for a potluck.
If you don’t know them very well now, you probably will by the end of dinner.
Meetups are easy to create, and a great opportunity tofind people with shared interests.
This is the perfect way tomeet new peopleand celebrate the holidays all in one.
It’s not the same as being there in person.
Holidays away from home are tough to say the least.
Photos byBritt Selvitelle,Monik Markus, andJustin.
