As finals come to a close, all of us college students start to see the light at the end of the tunnel: the Christmas lights that is. We start to remember all of the reasons we love being home and spending time relaxing with our friends with no schoolwork to bring us down. It's the perfect reward we could all think of after a grueling week of exams. How could you not be excited for the most wonderful time of the year?

1. Everyone is always in a great mood!

2. Its the time of the year with the best food!

From hot chocolate to honey-baked ham, Christmas has it all!3. Its one of the few times a year when everyone in the family agrees to pretend to get along!

4. The cold means lots of time to sit by the fire with a delicious cup of hot cocoa.

5. Or spend some time with that special someone in your life.

6. How could you ever be sad when you know you'll be getting presents soon?

7. Christmas music is definitely the best kind of music (at least until Christmas day).

8. The smiles you get after giving someone the perfect gift make all that stress worthwhile.

9. All of the best movies have some plot line involving Christmas, making for some stellar binge-watching sessions.

10. You get to spend time with those relatives you love but never get to see throughout the year.

11. It's the only time of year when you get to wear that ugly Christmas sweater you low-key love too much.

12. Even when it's all said and done, you know you still have a few more weeks of break and New Years' parties are just around the corner.

No matter how your year has been, ending it with Christmas will always make everything better. Celebrate! We have almost made it through 2016 and THAT is definitely a reason to celebrate.