Thanks to Jason Rogers

…during these days following Christmas.

I started reflecting here after Christmas last year when I wrote about the days following the big day being so strange. It’s interesting how all the pace builds up to a frenzy before Christmas Day, then afterwards, everything takes a nose dive.

We sense it here — even though we keep it very simple as far as the holidaze goes.  It all still feels a bit…

an⋅ti⋅cli⋅mac⋅tic ~ Something trivial or commonplace that concludes a series of significant events: After a week of dramatic negotiations, all that followed was anticlimax.  (Dictionary.com)

We aren’t totally immune to a touch of the malaise that dwells for a spell, before things get to moving again.

It makes me wonder what it’s like for those who go all out for the holidays…

• Talk 92.1: Christmas Fatigue
• Boston Globe: Hey, what’s the bright idea?
• Times Daily: Survey: Americans less tolerant of elaborate holiday…
• Blogher: Comfort for a Blue Christmas and Other Holiday Lows
• Register Herald: ‘Holiday blues’ can turn serious
• Times-News: 5 ways to avoid the winter blues
• San-LuisObispo.com: Make the best of a holiday recession
• Citizen Times: The joyful holiday season can also be filled with…