And for anyone celebrating the holidays day 10-15 tends to be where I find real life holiday planning/activities start to rapidly take over my free time. I'm certainly not going to miss out on eggnog with friends and family so I can solve a few extra AoC problems.

I personally don't mind, if I spend 10 days learning a new language and solving some problems I'm satisfied. I'm still very excited when AoC comes up every year!