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The days following Christmas are weird. After all this anticipation, after all this build up everything starts to level off and return to normalcy. It sort of feels like we end up embarrassed of how emotionally wrapped up in the "festive" feeling we all were.. everything new just ends up mixed in with the old, and everything that used to reflect the so-called spirit of Christmas is packed up in boxes and thrown back up to the attic. And there it all remains until this month rolls around again and everything about our attitude is expected to - and conveniently does - change.