Current internal monologue: Not only are you single, you're single for Christmas. Your parents weren't single for Christmas, so WHY ARE YOU?!?! Being this level of sorry for yourself will make you a super fun

date...

Dating the scary neighbor with a glass eye and toupee isn't a good idea just because you feel like you need SOMEONE to call the authorities if you slip and

fall while you're cooking a turkey.

Suddenly, you've got to share the snowman-shaped sugar cookies. Or, worse, you have to compromise and bake some oatmeal raisin ones. Shudder.

What if your new guy wants to go caroling? That's a big red flag right there. If you want the relationship to last, this is definitely a passion you don't want

to discover until you've been dating for 5 months and can still see the good in him. 

Do you go to his house, does he come to yours? You've only been on 3 dates...December raises waaaay too many awkward dilemmas. 

What is the protocol here? You've known each other 1 month. Is that too soon to buy a gift? You got Cathy from HR a gift and you don't even know her

last name, but Cathy could get you fired, so...

Good or bad, you feel a lot more during the holidays. You could end up falling in fake-love by Dec. 25 and then awkwardly end up splitting Jan. 2.

It's Jan. 2 and you've got to start existing for 30 minutes every morning before work. But now there's this big behemoth in your bed getting in your way. Your schedule

is all screwed up before you even get started. 

Your  ex is seeing someone new—so you go on a date to show him you can move on too. Recipe for disaster right there. Just embrace the loneliness. Or go

home for the holidays 2 weeks early. 

There's nothing more shocking then someone getting into bed with you who has ice cold feet. This relationship is way to fresh to weather such a storm. Just start dating in

the spring.