Just when the holidays come ever so close to getting the best of you, Santa drops a bit of brilliance into your lap to make the day pass all the better and everything seem….ok.

In this just released new teaser trailer for the upcoming returns of Downton Abbey and Sherlock,  questions to be answered are endless. How will Mary manage? How did Sherlock survive the fall? Save for those few that have been able to grab DA4 off the internet and will grab Sherlock 3 mere minutes after the first episode concludes in the UK on 1 January, PBS viewers and find out in a matter of weeks when Downton Abbey Season 4 premieres on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014 and Sherlock Season 3 premieres Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, after Downton Abbey.

With both Downton and Sherlock airing back to back on Sundays, you might as well take Monday as a holiday for those three weeks beginning January 19 as you’re going to need that time to catch up on sleep. On second thought, you’re going to need people around to talk to and discuss so you’re probably better off just going to work tired on Monday. Enjoy.

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