(Dec 26, 2015 06:41 PM)elte Wrote: Late December is a time known for increased anxiety and depression. Many people have a lot going on concerning living day to day, and the holiday season adds more stress.  Maybe things could feel more celebratory if existential problems could be solved and everyone could be truly happy.

(Dec 30, 2015 01:01 AM)Magical Realist Wrote: I feel a great burden lifting on the 26th of December. Reality can go back to being normal again. All traces of gift-giving and mistletoeing and eggnogging suddenly drop away like cockroaches from the walls of a pest-fogged house. No more TV mass marketed products set to tinkling Christmas themes. No more cued pity for poor families who can't afford to participate in the mindless consumerist madness of the holidays. Multicolored flashing Hallmark movie fantasy fades into wintry silence, at least until next year. I got nothing for christmas. I didn't want anything for christmas. Am I depressed about it? Nope. I'm feelin fine.