look, people need some good-natured drinking, feasting and gift-exchanging during the depths of winter in order to not go mad or depressed from the bleakness of it all.
Ah, I think I've figured out my deficiency: no amount of good-natured drinking, feasting, and gift-exchanging stops me from going slightly mad-depressed from winter bleakness.
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