The weird grey zone between Christmas and New Years'

So I'm back in SF after spending Christmas home in Vancouver. It's strange to be back since I'm not taking the days between Christmas and New Years' off this year. So essentially, I'm back at work with no one really here working, and caught in this weird grey zone that exists between these two holidays.

Why a grey zone? Well first of all, what the heck do you greet people with? You can't say "Merry Christmas" because it's over. And you can't say "Happy New Year" because it's not the New Year yet. So I end up asking people if they had a good Christmas. Or "holiday" to be more PC. But then it just get awkward when you feel like you have to tell the other person about your holidays.

Then there's the matter of the Christmas decorations. Poor Eddy (my Christmas tree) is still standing tall, but I don't know if I should be keeping him lit, or just gently letting him wither until Epiphany (Jan 6th)? (...which in case you didn't know, is the official Christmas tree take-down day.)

Anyway, maybe the solution is to just sleep through these 5 days next year... ;-)