Somehow I had a case of the holiday blues.

And just when you thought you had all bases covered, up rises the threat of the holiday blues.

Typing "holiday blues" in Google yielded nearly two million hits.

So, if things do not go as well as planned, the holiday blues cannot be far behind.

Still, the question remains, what exactly are the holiday blues?

This all makes me suspect that most of the time the holiday blues are not what they're cracked up to be.

Do not go if you're hung over or already suffering from holiday blues.

Why don't you let me see what I can do about curing those holiday blues?

So the usual holiday blues that so many feel this time of year seem to be felt a little stronger.

The syndrome, informally known as "the holiday blues," has a definition and symptoms.