Stay home, and turn off your phone. Don't answer the door bell.

I try to breathe at certain pace and pick some good candies and vines!!

I just don't participate...I have no pressure...

Sort of the same. The carols are the worst! There are a couple of jazzy ones I can handle, or Frank Sinatra but that's it.
Helping at a holiday potluck with some friends is not too bad but please just leave the baby jesus out of it.
I did score some good sales on cyber Monday, things I needed but otherwise shopping at this time is a bitch.
Um, did not realize I was such a Grinch.
The pandemic has dampened things for many and then there are those who want to see just how much of a super spreader event they can make it.

I go through this every year! Actually this year may be one of my better ones. My sister and her husband won’t be here to put up decorations (I stopped doing that years ago), so nothing to take down afterwards. Mom is in a nursing home with no visitation, so we will have our regular FaceTime chat like any other day. My son and his family are busy with their own things. This is as close as I will get to eliminating Christmas, New Years and my birthday ever!

I'm kind of grateful for Covid this year. Perfect excuse for all that nonsense to me. I'd like the island year round, however. I'm not saying I'm a hermit. I do use meetup groups for plays, etc when there isn't a pandemic.

Agnostic Island sounds like a good place to get away!

That sounds like an excellent get away ,you should do it twice a year 6 months at a time

I don't exactly hate the holidays but, as an extreme introvert, I do find this time of year can be exhausting. In a typical year, sans pandemic, I'd maybe go to a small party or family gathering, but I have energy enough for only one or two of those spanning six weeks. A few years ago, I even stopped sending Xmas cards. Before then, I was writing lengthy personalized messages; even for the handful of people I was sending to, it was a lot of work. Now, I just keep my head down throughout the holidays and I'm far less drained when January rolls around.

Still like the general thought of helping others

Enjoy the goodies! Thank Jesus for giving you holidays...and hum along when they sing carols just for their music value!