A single Christmas

All the presents are for you

• The most obvious benefit is that it’s one less present to buy. Let’s face it, guys rarely know what to get girls, and girls rarely know what to get guys. So take the money you would have spent on a partner and treat yourself. And if you wait until the sales, that money will go even further...beats floundering round Topshop or Game like an overjuiced lemon, looking for the perfect gift for the OH, anyday.

• It’s one less person to fit into your hectic schedule of people who you should see at Christmas. You don’t have to choose between spending New Years Eve with friends/family or boy/girlfriend.

• You get to eat your own body weight in chocolate, not have to share it with anyone, and not worry about whether you still look good naked.

• Ditto turkey

• Ditto Christmas pudding.

• It’s not quite so bad when the family videos of Christmas past are wheeled out, or Auntie Maud decides to retell THAT story about you getting stuck in the turkey when you were four (WHAT?! Big turkey, small child, it could happen!) Imagine the embarrassment of your family, who have heard the story umpteen times before, laughing along. Then multiply it tenfold if you had a partner there, laughing along too. Nuff said.

• Nobody is going to judge you for continuing your tradition of watching Love Actually ten times before Christmas...and crying every time.

• Christmas is the most common time for established couples to break up, and it’s also the time when many new couples hook up (lingering looks over the sprouts...erm, romantic). Whichever way you look at it, it’s Singles 1-Couples 0.

• Perhaps best of all, you get to recycle the mistletoe as many times as you like...fun times for you AND it’s good for the environment. It’d be naughty not to, when you think about it. Loose lips may sink ships, but loose tongues make for festive fun.

Whoever you’re with, whatever you’re doing, have a great Christmas!

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