There were a few Christmases when I was single and in the military that I had to buy myself a couple of presents, because otherwise Christmas wouldn't happen. I mean, I'd budget some money to get a new video game, some books, and a bottle of the fancy whiskey and then I'd open my presents in my barracks room by myself and pretend that I had a tree and family and then I'd open the whiskey and cry.
I'm joking about that, of course (well, at least about the crying part.) But Christmas by yourself is just kind of those things that happens sometimes. It blows, but it happens, and when you get married or settle into a relationship you probably don't have to worry about it again.
Are Chris's finances really so tapped out that he couldn't even make Santa come for himself?