The holidays can be a really tough time. The advice I often heard was, "Volunteer at a soup kitchen. Help others. Get out of your head." It's perfectly fine advice, but unhelpful if the mere thought of interacting with people is overwhelming. Anyway, here's a thing I did one year that did help:

I bought a Cookie Monster costume, went to the airport, and waited at arrivals with a sign that said "COOKIE"

Didn't have to talk to anyone and boy did I get to watch people's faces light up.

@kims I love the story, but why the weird photoshop? I would have just believed the story…
@Jzimbabwe
A pic is worth a thousand words, and I still have the costume so why not? Just digging it out of the closet for the photo holding the COOKIE sign made me think about going out to the airport this weekend...
@kims ha! So you got _into_ the costume and then photoshopped yourself? That’s commitment. Thanks.