My immediate family
all live in the same town and it's likely he will visit them on Christmas day. He just doesn't seem to want to do the family thing this year dinner-wise.

He was very quiet last night though. Not his usual self at all.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sun 13 Dec 2009, 20:52, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Don't let him spend the day on his own.

( thealternativefact, Sun 13 Dec 2009, 21:01, Reply)

^this^
I am faced with the prospect of spending Christmas alone this year, and I'm not looking forward to it.
However, I'm too much of a stubborn cow to ask any of my friends if I can join them. I have found out that one of the local bars will be open, and I know a few people there so all of us lonely types will probably do a pot luck.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Sun 13 Dec 2009, 21:06, Reply)

Some people sometimes like to be miserable.
Gives them time to think and stuff, he might actually prefer to be alone this year.

Personally, if I didn't know it would hurt others, I'd be the same this year.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 13 Dec 2009, 21:04, Reply)

Maybe you could use that to convince him to come out?
"I just want to be with my dad, please do this for me dad", it'll force him into it and he'll be cool once he's with you.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 13 Dec 2009, 21:05, Reply)

If he just fancied being on his own for the day, then fair enough.
But it might be more complicated than that.
( thealternativefact, Sun 13 Dec 2009, 21:05, Reply)

I did try last night to get him to come down.
And he was pretty adamant about not wanting to. So i'll leave it at that. I wouldn't want him to feel railroaded into something he doesn't want to do.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Sun 13 Dec 2009, 21:14, Reply)

That's fair enough.
And if he's got other family/friends he can visit, he'll probably be ok.

I just still have nightmares about the chick upstairs and what she did on Thanksgiving *shudders*.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Sun 13 Dec 2009, 21:16, Reply)