There's no sugar-coating it; the state of the US is dismal right now. And, unless things change in a BIG WAY (and soon), there may well be no turning back. We need to break from the current regime, and we need it now.
How do we celebrate a new year which could easily be a dumpster fire? Concentrate on things which make you happy, to the exclusion of pretty much all else (in spurts).
