7 ways to celebrate Eid if you are away from your home and family
Eid is one of the grandest and happiest festivals celebrated in the entire world. It is a festival of the Muslim community and Muslims from all over the world celebrate this festival with enough zeal. On this day, some of the evident things to experience are celebrating the day with the close ones, meeting friends, going to mosques, offering prayers, decorating houses, shopping, having great food throughout the day, and just being in the moment.
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But, not everyone gets this privilege every year because of adulting issues (staying away from families, living alone, travelling due to work) and hence they are not able to be with their families. This is a big concern as the FOMO of being alone gets real on this day. In this generation, where people are very active on social media and always upload their happy moments of special days, getting FOMO increases.
But, being alone or away from the family doesn’t mean that you cannot enjoy this festival to the fullest. If because of any reason you are not with your family on the happy occasion of Eid, here are some of the best and happy ways in which you can celebrate Eid.
P.S. – The aim of this blog is to make you cheerful and not feel inadequate in any way. Eid Mubarak all of you lovely people.
- Cook a special meal, call your friends, have an intimate house party
We are pretty sure that if you are somewhere away from your family on the occasion of Eid, you will at least be around some of your friends or colleagues. So, all you need is to be around them and make the most of this day. All you have to do is host an intimate party at your place and cook a special Eid meal. Invite all your friends or colleagues to your place and have an Eid party with Eid special home-cooked meal with them. It will be a pleasant day for sure. This is something for the people who love to be around others at special festivals.
- Order Biryani, any comfort dessert, and Netflix Marathon
For the people who do not like to be around people a lot or for the people who do not have even friends where they are, then this idea is for you. All you have to do is understand that you are alone on this day but you are enough. So, on the happy day of Eid, order some of your favourite Eid food be it Biryani or anything, set up a cosy space at your place, order your favourite desserts, plug in your favourite movie and spend the day all by yourself. If you enjoy your company then this is a great way to celebrate Eid like this if you are away from your family.
- Take a leave to visit the special mosques and religious places
This is something you might be doing with your cousins or parents or siblings. right? But, this year you are away from your family members and this seems distant. So, all you have to do is do this auspicious activity all by yourself. If there are religious places and mosques where you are staying then dress up well and get going to explore all the special mosques in the city. This way you can reminisce about the good old days all by yourself.
- Dress up well and go for a nice Eid dinner
One of the most prominent things that people do on the day of Eid is buying new clothes and wearing them. Even if you are alone, you can continue this tradition. Get up, dress well, and go out of your house to explore new places to have dinner or lunch. You can go along with anyone of your friend or even alone, whatever suits you. This will surely make you feel better.
- Have a fun day out with special people or alone
If you are living away from your family on the special occasion of Eid and you want to do something great on this day then this idea is for you. You can have a full day out with your friends at some special place that you have been looking to go to. It can be any place like an adventure park, a theme park, a playing zone, a meditation centre, a yogic park, or anything fun that suits you. This can be a memorable Eid for you and your friends for sure.
- Call all your special people, spend some time talking, and meet your friends
If you are someone who does not like any of these things mentioned above and is still feeling FOMO of being alone from their family, then this is something for you. All you have to do is take some time out, call all your friends and families, and spend some amazing time talking to them. You will feel the most content this way. You can also video call them to feel even closer to them.
- Go for a Getaway
Eid-Ul-Fitr in 2023 is on a Friday which means one can have a long weekend. So, the best way to celebrate Eid if you are away from your family is to go on a getaway with some of your friends or even alone. There might be so many cool weekend getaway spots around your city to explore, so book a cool trip, and go on it. You will surely return refreshed and return with newer memories. Make this Eid a memorable one in your own style.
Conclusion
These were some of the cool and comforting ways to celebrate Eid in case you are living away from your family. We have mentioned ideas for every kind of person so here is a variety of things mentioned to be done on Eid. Choose the one that you like and make the most of this day. Eid Mubarak to all from team chocolaty.in.
Eid is one of the grandest and happiest festivals celebrated in the entire world. It is a festival of the Muslim community and Muslims from all over the world celebrate this festival with enough zeal. On this day, some of the evident things to experience are celebrating the day with the close ones, meeting friends,…