At the end of the album-proper, Andrea, Martin and Sam consider the festive season as well as all its associated traumas. We return to Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Rickie Lee Jones as well as 1970s Tom Waits, debating possible autobiographical elements, poverty tourism, and which lullaby is best used to ring in the new year.

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Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
New Year's Eve, Bad As Me, Tom Waits (2011)
A Sight For Sore Eyes, Foreign Affairs, Tom Waits (1977)

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