Not ours to answer but the season calls for the question to be posed. Winners and losers. The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat as Jim McKay would announce. The holidays are, as noted, on us and on the athletic teams. It is a tough time of the year for the player.
School is out for everyone else but the daily trek to the practice sessions continue.
There are games to be played and tourney titles to vie for during the break. While all teams are affected by the changes that go with the period our sympathy always went to the wrestler. Fresh baked holiday cookies. Holiday candy in the highly decorated candy dishes around the house. Full multi course dinners and a party or two with the aunts, uncles and cousins.