It’s the holiday season, which means all of the cute holiday movies are coming on. The ones where the ditzy girl somehow meets a handsome man and they do all of the cliché holiday dates, and eventually they realize they’re meant to be on Christmas night. Yeah, those ones. Well I am here to tell you that being single during the holiday season is actually pretty legit.

I know from experience that spending the season alone doesn’t seem that appealing, but over the last few weeks I have come to discover that it isn’t as bad as the movies make it seem. Here is a list of reasons why:

You don’t have to worry about having an awkward moment during Christmas dinner

Nope, none of those weird questions from mom about when she's finally going to get her grandchildren because by the time she was your age she had you and your siblings.

There is more time to spend with friends during the season of fellowship

Friends and holidays go together just as good as hot chocolate and marshmallows.

More money for other people’s presents

I would buy myself a present to be honest.

You don’t have to worry about impressing his (or her) parents

This is the best one for me. Since I constantly stress about making a good impression, knowing I don't have to make one this holiday season is where its at.

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I know that this might seem like a weird list, and it is; but it all boils down to you. If you are healthy and happy with being single, then any time of the year is a good time to be solo. You don’t need to have a boyfriend to have a great time. You have friends and family who can help you out with that. Take this from someone who didn’t understand that until it was almost too late.