Welcome to Trends Daily—December 26th, 2025. Team is on holiday, prescheduled episode. Back live Monday, December 29th. TOP SEARCHES OF DECEMBER 2024—THE MONTH GOVERNMENTS SPEEDRAN COLLAPSE: South Korea: President Yoon declared martial law Dec 3. Lasted 6 hours. Impeached. Speedrun any percent. France: PM Barnier lost no-confidence vote Dec 4. The French stayed French about it. Germany: Scholz coalition dissolved. Coalition politics doing coalition things. Syria: Assad fled mid-December. Decades of rule ended in weeks. State remains undefeated at failing. Romania: Elections annulled. Protests erupted. Democracy messy everywhere. Five governments in crisis. Meanwhile, people searched "is Walmart open Christmas?" Year in Search 2024: Kamala Harris, Taylor Swift, Simone Biles. Inside Out 2, Deadpool & Wolverine. "Not Like Us" by Kendrick—the diss track that won everything. Baby Reindeer dominated streaming and therapy conversations. What Normal People Searched: "Restaurants open Christmas day," "NORAD Santa tracker," "stores open on Christmas." The Pattern: Political chaos + year-end reflection + holiday normalcy. Governments collapsing on one tab, Santa tracker on the other. That's humanity. We contain multitudes. Created by Adam J Carswell. Connect on LinkedIn.