For those of us without friends and family right now, it can be tough to be happy.

This may be the hardest time to stay focused; stay logical and reduce emotion.

If you have kids, do whatever it takes to make this a great Christmas for them; regardless.

Your situation is fucked, along with most others here.

It's not a reason to throw up a white flag, and it's certainly not a reason to loose your shit.

But let me tell you, I think your stoicism makes you heroic.

The fact that you endure in silence with a smile on your face while still have compassion in your heart, without receding into cynicism or depression... that's where your drive comes from.

It makes you admirable.

Your patience, your ability to focus on the long term in order to suffer through the short term, the realization that scars make you smarter and tougher...

That's part of what makes us men.

You may be physically alone, but there's a community of us with you...

all of us fighting the same and yet separate fights.

Sincerely, Merry Christmas.