Yes, this depressing celebrity fling is more prevalent than Mariah Carey’s on-season these days, but it’s driving people more and more crazy – especially what Alan Rickman (RIP) is doing to Emma Thompson (who don’t like it?).

Well, in “Die Hard,” we see Rickman pay for the sins of “Love, Actually.” In fact, there are even memes about it these days.

Now, if this is all a little too trivial, regale your connections with some trivia from “It’s a Wonderful Life,” which – chances are – half of them watched last night.

Did you know, for example, that the guy who opens the dance floor that leads to George and Mary falling into the pool below is Alfalfa from the short films “Our Gang” and “Little Rascals”?

Yes, this was one of Carl Switzer’s most high-profile adult roles before his tragic death in 1959.

In the scene where George and Mary stop to look at the old Granville house, director Frank Capra had a sniper ready to fire through a window when Mary threw her rock. But Donna Reed had played baseball in high school and nailed the window on the first strike.

And did you know that when a drunk Uncle Bailey (when wasn’t he?) leaves the party, that off-screen crash wasn’t part of the storyline?

Just after Thomas Mitchell left the camera, a crew member dropped something, causing a horrific accident. Mitchell improvised the phrase: “I’m fine!” I’m fine,” and it’s Jimmy Stewart – not George – who laughs about it.

Frank Capra found it so funny that he left the stage…and gave the crew member a $10 bonus.

Such gems will definitely make everyone forget, if only for a moment, that we will start arguing again after the new year.

So what does all this have to do with politics? Absolutely nothing, and that’s the problem. Today we should all take a break from the dismay and stick to the holiday-themed joy.

As Charleston resident Bill Murray said in “Scrooged” — not even up for debate about its vacation status — if we go back to that feeling, we might want it every day. Then maybe the world will become less conflicted.