"Unfortunately," I said, thoughtful but trying not to let the conversation drag down. Hospitals could be depressing places, but they were infinitely more hopeful than the Recovery Centres (in hindsight, a bit of a misnomer. Nobody recovered, after all.) "A mixture of holiday silliness and everybody taking time off to be with their loved ones, I suppose. But they do a lot for the patients, I think. Decorations and music and all of that."