If you’re a “Colbert Report” fan and get depressed around the holidays, you might have a particularly difficult time this year.

On Thursday night’s episode, Stephen Colbert announced that our beloved “Report” will air its last episode on Dec. 18.

Of course, we’ll be seeing more of Stephen when he takes over for David Letterman as host of “The Late Show” in 2015. That date, however, has not been set.

Colbert couched his show’s expiration date in a plug for the paperback release of his book, “America Again.”

“The point is, Stephen Colbert, the guy you’ve seen here every night for 9 years, will be gone. And all you’ll have left of me is this book,” he said.

Considering that Colbert does not plan to bring his signature “character” to his new late night gig, that’s unfortunately true.