This is the "silly season" to quote the cops who did the investigation at my parent's place when Dad suicided Nov 30 10 years ago this year.
A lady who brought a casserole on the Saturday when people were visiting Mum had to duck off to spend time with another friend whose husband had suicided the same day. That same weekend, one of my brother's workers Dads was stringing Christmas lights on his verandah, and was found by his wife hanging from the cords which had wrapped around his neck...she cut him down and he woke up a day later in hospital.
The Cops called the next three months the silly season...men predominantly leading up to, and post Christmas.
Maybe there's a wendigo...