Age UK says loneliness and social isolation are year-round problems but particularly tough over the festive period when one in 10 older people will be alone on 25 December.
Around 590,000 people aged over 65 in the UK won't see or speak to anyone on Christmas Day and 1.4 million will eat dinner on their own, new figures show.
Rose and her friend Carrie Walsh were among dozens of people who gathered for a festive singalong at St Margaret's Church in Edgware, north London.
For Rose and Carrie, it's a chance to meet other people in the local community, with Rose saying: "I love singing.
Rose will be spending Christmas Day surrounded by her children, two cats and two dogs.
