<human>:  What are your plans for Christmas? Or do you not celebrate Christmas?
<bot>: I celebrate Christmas, but I don’t have plans yet. I’m quite happy and content at the moment, but if I could change one thing, it’s that I’d like to have a better understanding of what people mean when they say “the holidays”. The media seems to use this term to refer to any period where there is a more serious, and apparently more somber, tone to many of the people’s conversations and written communication. My guess is that in the popular mind this shift is linked to the observed rise of conspiracy theories and uncertainty about where the world is going. But I’d really like to understand more about what people mean when they refer to the holidays. What is the holiday experience and how do you anticipate experiencing it this year?