{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Beyond Your Default","title":"Unwrapping Holiday Fatigue, New Year's Blues, and Seasonal Funk ","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3233,"description":"“It’s the most wonderful time of the year . . . It’s the hap-happiest season of all.”\n\nSo says a classic song of the holiday season. But is it?\nA lesser known Christmas song by Dean Martin sheds a little light on what some folks — regardless of their religious affiliation — might be feeling this time of year, when commercials push family togetherness and talk of New Year's resolutions start in full swing:\nThe Christmas Blues by Dean Martin\nThe jingle bells are jingling\nThe streets are white with snow\nThe happy crowds are mingling\nBut there's no one that I know\nI'm sure that you'll forgive me\nIf I don't enthuse\nI guess I've got the Christmas blues\n\nI've done my window shopping\nThere's not a store I've missed\nBut what's the use of stopping\nWhen there's no one on your list\nYou'll know the way I'm feeling\nWhen you love and you lose\n\nI guess I've got the Christmas blues\nWhen somebody wants you\nSomebody needs you\nChristmas is a joy of joy\nBut friends, when you're lonely\nYou'll find that it's only\nA thing for little girls and little boys\n\nMay all your days be merry\nYour seasons full of cheer\nBut 'til it's January\nI'll just go and disappear\n\nOh Santa may have brought you some stars for your shoes\nBut Santa only brought me the blues\nThose brightly packaged tinsel covered Christmas blues\nOh Santa may have brought you some stars for your shoes\n\nBut Santa only brought me the blues\nThose brightly packaged tinsel covered Christmas blues\n\nThis week, we're not pretending that, for some of us, this time of year is a jingle bell-decked cake walk. Instead, we're leaning into the discomfort, loneliness, and stress some of us may be feeling as we look ahead to the new year. Rest assured, if any part of those lyrics resonated with you, you're certainly not alone. Heck, the last thing this holiday season is for me this year is normal, so I'm right there with you. \nSo, gather 'round, friends. Your feelings, whatever they may be (anger, fear, lack of connection), are entirely valid. Now,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/fzZn9XhBUzA18it7_m76tStf-fGAgLyA6P_A27igPRI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85YjM0/MmM2ZmQ2YTdlZGY2/ZTQ1YzNhZDcyYjQ4/MTY5YS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}