Welcome back to work, D.C. We certainly hope you and your newly several pounds heavier selves managed to roll into the office on time this morning, refreshed and renewed and ready to get back to the grind. But if you woke up grumpy, tired and resentful instead, just remember that you’ll get another break in just a few weeks. Not that you’ll be able to forget what time of year it is any time soon. It’s now officially December, which means you can no longer get away with complaining about excessively early Christmas decorations, like this one in Chevy Chase captured by Kyle Walton.

Local Economy Looking Crappy: The Post goes with this cheery assessment of the current state of the D.C. area economy, basically noting that Washington doesn’t seem to be insulated from how bad things are anymore. Unemployment in the region is the highest it’s been since 2001, and a lot of the factors that have kept the metro area in better shape than most of the rest of the country in the past don’t seems to be in place anymore.

Where Will all the Inauguration Tour Buses Park? That’s the question The Examiner’s Leah Fabel asks this morning, with not entirely reassuring results. Basically, there are going to be 6 trillion tour buses trying to get into the city for the inaugural festivities, and only about 300 buses can fit in RFKs parking lots – and that’s on a good day.

Briefly Noted: Man shot on way home from PG County nightclub … D.C. recommends three choices for vacant Superior Court slot … Call from inside freezer nabs Howard County Pizza Hut robbers.

Photo by Kyle Walton