But so far James Gray, a retired butler who now lives in London, has only received one response for - and that individual subsequently said they'd found someone else to pass Christmas with.
"I just want to find someone in time," he said. "I am used to the loneliness, but I do not want it to be the same this year
He added:
"I just had smoked salmon and prawns on my own last year and I had to put up with it.
British charity Age UK says Gray would be just one of almost half a million over-65s who face spending Christmas alone, O'Sullivan says.