2024: The Year We Gave Up On Normal

If you're the terminally sentimental type, the end of the year is a bit of a bacchanal. Whereas being overly reflective tends to elicit groans for the first 358 days of the year, those last seven are a beautiful exception. In that timeless void between Christmas and New Year's Day, even the stodgiest among us can be caught taking a moment to stop and re…