“Il silenzio è assordante”: Dame Joanna Lumley mette in guardia dalla “crisi nascosta in bella vista” mentre 1,5 milioni di inglesi trascorrono il Natale da soli
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/dame-joanna-lumley-christmas-alone-ageuk-5HjdNkn_2/
di tylerthe-theatre
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The thing is, I don’t want to go out to Xmas dinner somewhere with friends. I don’t want to have to pretend I’m enjoying their unsalted veggies, undercooked meat, dilute gravy and interminably long mealtime. I want decent grub at home, on my own, to my own taste, scoffed down in ten minutes and then a two hour kip. The rest of you can suffer each other. Merry Christmas.
So the headlines very misleading.
Shes speaking about Age UK’s campaign against loneliness among the elderly, which is an increasing problem. A lot of older people have seen their support networks collapse as they get older and being alone without any family to celebrate major holidays with is one of the outcomes
In her later years, my Nan was adamant she wanted to have the day on her own. She’d sometimes go to my aunt’s, but on the whole she was very content to have the day under her own steam, and do her own thing. But then conversely there are of course plenty of old folk who don’t get the option. They aren’t asked, and no effort is made at all.
My mum and my aunt were always careful to make sure my Nan really did want to do her own thing. Old folk can be so worried of being a burden they exclude themselves.
I’ve got a great idea: why don’t elderly people who live alone sell their houses and move in with other elderly people, then they can all live together and not be lonely!
The young people of this country all basically live like this and it’s not so bad – we even managed it throughout the pandemic lockdown that we participated in to protect elderly people from the virus.
Thus would also have the benefit of there being more houses for people who are in their 30s and want to have families but currently can’t afford to. Then they’ll have lots of babies and we’ll fix the population crisis and we won’t need to have so many of those immigrants that elderly people dislike so much!
It feels like everyone would be a winner?
Many older people just don’t have family these days.
It really feels like families are dwindling now compared to the 80s when I grew up.
Christmas was a time to invite all the older aunts, nans, granddad’s, uncles etc. and those who couldn’t come, we’d go visit.
I feel like life and families are all so fractured now.
I spent Christmas alone for 8 years, it was fucking brilliant.
I’d get up at lunch time, start Christmas dinner, watch movies with my cat in front of the fire and eat at 8pm.
I’ll never understand this Christmas dinner at lunch time bullshit.
33m spending birthday and Christmas alone for the second year in a row. I try to make plans with friends but they have partners and family. What can I even do, I’ve tried to get comfortable with being lonely but it’s overwhelming sometimes. I genuinely have started to hate Christmas because it feels like I’m forced to watch everyone else around me be happy.
What about those who want to spend Christmas alone. I’ve had some lovely Christmases on my own
Joanna can come to mine for Christmas if she’s at a loose end. I’ll have the egg-nog waiting.
Go to church. its free, the good ones are intrested in being welcoming and giving out free mince pies during carol services