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We have to admit, every single year, without fail, there is a clear transition between the Fall season and the holiday season. It is almost instantaneous. While the left over turkey is still fresh in the fridge, the Jingle Bells season begins!

Here's 12 things everyone does right after Thanksgiving:

1. Every day is leftovers

Let’s admit it: no family finishes a whole turkey on Thanksgiving. If your family does, then you didn’t have enough turkey in the first place! The containers and plastic bags all shoved in your fridge just makes your mouth water! All you want for your next meal at home is warmed up turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing on your plate.

2. Black Friday

Ready, set, go shop! The holidays are closer than you thought and it’s time to look for the best deals for yourself and your loved ones. Better get up early, or nothing good will be left anywhere!

3. Crank up those Christmas/holiday tunes!

On your way home from dinner or on your way to the store for midnight Black Friday shopping, you figure it’s about time you give into the holiday tunes on the radio. The turkey is in your stomach now, so you are no longer cheating on Turkey Tom with Rudolph.

4. Watch Christmas/holiday specials

You have to admit a small smile appears when you see your favorite holiday special airing on TV. It brings you back to the good old days when you didn’t know that your aunts and uncles were always drunk at the annual family Christmas party.

5. Setting up the tree before the turkey is even gone

For anyone that celebrates Christmas, you know that once Thanksgiving is over, it’s time to put up the tree. After you take a nap after Black Friday shopping, you start to take the decorations out the hiding places. The holiday season has officially begun. Time to break out the Santa hats!

6. Throwing the snow brushes/ salt in your car (if you live in that snowy in November area)

Either the snow is coming or it’s already there.

7. For students, start freaking out that you have to go to back to school Monday and have a 10 page paper due

This is the definition of holiday procrastination. It is your goal every year to get the paper done early, but you can never seem to do it.

8. For parents, wanting to do family things before the kids go back to school

From Black Friday shopping for a new winter coat to heading to a tree farm, families treasure these activities everywhere.

9. The Christmas/holiday lights go up

Break out the latter and pray dad doesn’t fall because he’s doing pretty much all the work.

10. Start working that turkey off your thighs

This is time of year where you realize you have not kept your new year’s resolution to lose weight. Now that you’ve gained more fat from all food now in your gut and thighs, you might as well work it off by shopping.

11. Gift shopping

Disclaimer: not Black Friday shopping. Black Friday shopping, you know what you want/ need to buy. Gift shopping is where you have no idea what to get for your dad because he’s impossible to shop for so you wander around Target trying to think of ideas.

12. The acceptance that you will have to see your relatives again in another month

Although you dread seeing your relatives any time of year, somehow, you have to accept that it’s not Christmas/holiday season until you have a conversation with drunk Aunt Suzie or your grandmother prying about your love life. Therefore, you prepare conversations well in advance.

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You have to admit, you do every single one of these.

1. Every day is leftovers

2. Black Friday

3. Crank up those Christmas/holiday tunes!

4. Watch Christmas/holiday specials

5. Setting up the tree before the turkey is even gone

6. Throwing the snow brushes/ salt in your car (if you live in that snowy in November area)

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4. You eat all your meals at a library cubby, not at your own house.

5. You take the quiet floors very seriously.

6. Any night you are not at the library is a special occasion.

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9. You have taken a nap in the library at some point.

10. You know all the cold and hot spots in the library.

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10. In the end you always look like you are judging people, when in reality people are ALWAYS judging you.

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11. Tells you you need to start eating more.

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14. Tells you she's proud of you about everything.

15. Uses lingo in the dorkiest way.

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