December 26th through the end of the year might be the absolute worst week of the year. I have been self diagnosed with PCD, better known as "Post-Christmas Depression." The most wonderful time of the year has ended and the month long preparation is over in the blink of the eye. The indulgence of Christmas cookies, food, and eggnog has finally caught up and all that you want to do is be lazy and binge watch the new shows on Netflix or the DVD collection that you got from some distant relative. So, for those of you who are in the same depressed state, here are some of the reasons why.
1. The Christmas decorations are already starting to be taken down.
The tree is dead, the lights are burnt out, and all of the fantasy that surrounds Christmas has dimmed. It also seems that your parents can't take down the decorations fast enough.
2. All of the food that you have eaten within the past week has finally caught up with you.
As you try on your new pair of jeans you see that they are little tighter than you remember, which makes you instantly regret eating all of the cookies that you ate after you had already declared your "last one."
3. Your hangover from everything that you drank has become the ultimate hangover.
The eggnog and wine that you sat and drank with all of the different members of your family in order to deal with all of the Christmas parties is now leaving your liver rejecting everything.
4. All of your gifts are scattered throughout your room.
The piles of clothes and boxes have been in the corner of your room and you can't bring yourself to either find a place to put them or have the energy to clean.
5. Returns are awful.
There is always that one gift that is either the wrong size or a duplicate, which means that you have to face the mall with all of the other people doing the same thing, except even worse because of gift cards.
6. The holiday fruit cake is hard.
Well, it's harder than it was when you received it, anyway. (Who actually eats fruit cake?)
7. The only thing that you eat is leftovers.
Whenever you open the fridge you see the ham from Christmas day, the tray of cookies from Christmas Eve, side dishes, and casseroles galore.
8. You overthink all of the questions that your aunts and grandmothers asked you.
"Do you have a boyfriend yet?" "What your options for job opportunities?" At first you did not think much about it, but it sends you into a complete existential crisis.
9. You most likely have to go back to your part-time job that you have had since high school.
The restaurant that you have worked at since junior year of high school reluctantly lets you come back to pick up some shifts because they know how poor you are.
10. New Years Eve is next.
It's the one night that has become so hyped up that it takes a week to cement plans for you to indulge in way too much food and alcohol and to question what you did for all of 2015.
