Back-to-work hangover kicks in

TEN days of sloth, gluttony and winter sales have produced one massive hangover for the nation’s party weary workforce, who have voted today the most depressing day in the year.

The prospect of the mass return to empty office blocks with their drooping tinsel displays and bulging in-trays has drained the last ounce of Christmas spirit from employees, 85% of whom told researchers that January 3 was the day they dreaded most.

Half of those surveyed even sank so far into self-pity that they said the day should be declared a public holiday - a sort of national ‘duvet day’ during which they could bury their misery in bed for another precious 24 hours.