Successfully dealing with "January 2nd let-down" and holiday blues

Here on the East Coast USA it's almost New Year's Eve...just a few more hours. In any event, we're jumping ahead to post-New Year's Eve and post-New Year Day to provide suggestions to avoid being blindsided by the dreaded "January 2nd let-down." To use a metaphor, the holidays have been barreling along like a locomotive, then suddenly on January 2nd, a wheel falls off, as it were. Prepare yourself and your family by structuring this interim time day by day on the calendar. Start making plans to make sure all of your Wintertyde materials are ready to go up and about on January 7th, Wintertyde's Day...wreaths, trees, lights, ornaments...all of it. Such preparation will ensure a smooth transition from the end of the holidays into Wintertyde. Suggestions are to skip a big meal on January 1st as aspirin is all anyone will want. Reschedule it for Wintertyde's Day, January 7th, when you need it most, and everyone feels well. Have ready your Wintertyde small gifts for this day, also. The highlight is preparing "Hoppin John," blackeyed peas and rice and cornbread for dinner: Use

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Instead of staring into an endless void of Winter on January 2nd, use that day and the rest before January 6th, Wintertyde's Eve and January 7th, Wintertyde's Day planning, planning, and doing what needs to be done before Wintertyde starts. Then you will have a great time putting up all your Wintertyde decor and having a great meal on the 7th. Proactively banish any chance of "January 2nd let-down."