Letter writer feels bad for rejecting day-of plus one requests to chosen family Christmas dinner.

Christmas is a very difficult time for me, and I typically don’t celebrate as I don’t have any close family, and it only brings back painful memories.

Christmas is a very difficult time for me, and I typically don’t celebrate as I don’t have any close family, and it only brings back painful memories. I moved a couple years ago and found a very great group of friends that have quickly become my chosen family.

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone who isn't sure if they handled a situation appropriately when they denied a friend who wanted to bring extra guests to a holiday party.

"This past one, a couple of my friends asked if they could bring a friend or two … or three the day of the dinner."