Southern Sass: Single People Rejoice, Sexmas Is Nearly Here

12.20.2018

Single People Rejoice, Sexmas Is Nearly Here

Comes a time every year, in the few days between Christmas and New Year's Eve, where you have staggeringly little to do. It's a blissful pause, often spent at home, with your family, hanging out a

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December 20, 2018

Single People Rejoice, Sexmas Is Nearly Here
A Made-Up Hookup Holiday Between Christmas and New Year's

Comes a time every year, in the few days between Christmas and New Year's Eve, where you have staggeringly little to do. It's a blissful pause, often spent at home, with your family, hanging out and eating and drinking and hardly working (if at all)—a pleasant period of boredom before the hubbub of the New Year.

But perhaps it's something else, too, at least for those of us who are not fortunate enough to have booked a vacation or found a suitable mate: a ripe moment during which to hook up with someone new.

Bear with us here. Yes, it's the holiday season. Yes, it feels weird to want to do it with someone you just met so soon after watching It's a Wonderful Life with your extended family. Yes, you're probably kind of exhausted and bloated from eating and lying around in bulky Christmas sweaters. And yet, this dead zone between two holidays—which we'll dare call Sexmas—might just be the most appropriate time to enjoy a casual hookup.