Cratchit 2005:

It's nice when things start to quiet down around the holidays. Anybody who has an annoying level of seniority and authority has taken off, leaving the hoi polloi to labor on undisturbed. Vast amounts of assorted dainties are strategically placed around the offices to ward off any precipitous drops in blood sugar. People get a little mellow--they'll share their gag gifts of farting putty, and take the time to explain why higher frequency antennae are smaller than lower-frequency ones. They'll send around animated Christmas cards of server-clogging size and mp3s of Ethiopian hip-hop carols and the Best of the Swingtime Christmas Polka Yodelers. Tasty. No one expects too much to happen, and, as sayeth the prophet, so shall it be. 2006 will be here soon enough. I hear it's going to be a busy year.