"And now for the come-down....(except...)"

And now for the come-down.

It’s suddenly the most wonderful depressing time of the year. All that build-up to Santa, and then it’s just Thursday, and everybody is back to work (Xmas falling on a Wednesday is the worst) with nothing to look forward to but the most unremittingly bleak month of the calendar. January is a dark, cold, barren hellscape of depr…