‘I’m a single midlifer – here’s what I’m planning to get me through Christmas’ The new lockdown restrictions have sentenced singletons to spend Christmas alone instead of with family Kate Mulvey is prepared to spend her Christmas alone Credit: Andrew Crowley/The Telegraph I already know how Christmas morning will play out for me. I’ll FaceTime my two sisters and their families, and wish them a Happy Christmas. When they ask me how I am, I’ll reply “Absolutely hunky dory” with a cheery smile to hide the crushing shame I feel about being single in midlife, suddenly stuck in Tier 4 and unable to join my extended family for the most important day of togetherness in the year.