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15 Christmas Movies To Watch Instead Of Studying For Finals

Here are a few holiday movies to get you through these last few weeks of freedom.

Maria Beatriz Colón

Dec 06, 2016

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15 Christmas Movies To Watch Instead Of Studying For Finals

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With our official start to December, we start ringing in the holiday season – but joy to the world isn’t the only thing December brings about. Finals are literally just around the corner (two weeks, in fact – insert panic now), and it’s just about that time when the library starts filling up with students who look like they’ve been sleeping in their reserved study room/cubicle/table/hallway-turned nest for weeks without sunlight or food. That’s one way of approaching finals week. Other people (read: me) prefer to live in denial until the last possible second, and choose to block out the stress induced screams of the outside world with other sources of entertainment. So, if you think you’re more like these other people (read: me), here are a few holiday movies to get you through these last few weeks of freedom before finals (read: what?).

1. Unaccompanied Minors

Anyone remember this holiday gem?

2. Home Alone

Personally, the first two are the winners out of all...four? five? Who knows? I think everyone stopped counting after Macaulay Culkin. Special shout out to the Home Alone 2 for the familiar neighborhood setting! Kevin McCallister, forever the expert at throwing shade.

3. Elf

For everyone who says smiling is their favorite. To quote Melissa Joan Hart on one of her most recent posts on Instagram, "Almost every moment of this movie is boomerang-able!" So. True.

4. The Santa Clause

And speaking of Santa...

Any of the three will bring the Christmas spirit, can't go wrong!

5. Christmas with the Kranks

Tim Allen, king of all holiday movies.

6. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Pretty much sums it up.

7. Love Actually

For all the romantics.

8. A Charlie Brown Christmas

Why not?

9. The Nightmare Before Christmas

A movie for all holidays.

10. The Polar Express

Necessary!

11. A Christmas Carol

Whether it's Disney's version, Mickey's version, the Muppet's version, or the original, you can't ever go wrong with this Christmas classic.

12. The Holiday

A gentle reminder that Cameron Diaz still exists.

13. How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Recently rewatched this and wow, are there some jokes in here that I'd never noticed before.

The Grinch is all of us.

14. Miracle on 34th Street

15. A Nativity Scene

And of course, to the story that started it all.

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15 Christmas Movies To Watch Instead Of Studying For Finals

Here are a few holiday movies to get you through these last few weeks of freedom.

1. Unaccompanied Minors

2. Home Alone

3. Elf

4. The Santa Clause

5. Christmas with the Kranks

6. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

7. Love Actually

8. A Charlie Brown Christmas

9. The Nightmare Before Christmas

10. The Polar Express

11. A Christmas Carol

12. The Holiday

13. How the Grinch Stole Christmas

14. Miracle on 34th Street

15. A Nativity Scene

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There are plenty of obstacles that come when taking care of kids, but it's a very rewarding experience.

1. You get excited when the parents purchase season passes to the pool.

2. You've become friends with the stay-at-home moms in town.

3. You get a chance to eat "kid foods" again.

4. You've traded in your cute purse for a large tote bag.

5. You have at least one car seat in your backseat.

6. Their nap time is your happy time.

7. Lunch time can be a disaster.

8. You have to play the same board games repeatedly.

9. You catch yourself using the same lines your parents once told you.

10. Your "mom-mode" kicks in at times.

11. Your heart melts a little when they do something cute.

You'll never find any souvenirs with your name on it

1. You know you are up next when the teacher pauses while taking attendance

2. When “I’m going to do my very best to make sure I know all your names” is said, it may or may be an empty promise

3. “Wow! That sounds so cool! Where is your family from?”

4. You dread when people ask you to repeat your name over and over because it “sounds so cool when you say it”

5. There’s a 50/50 chance that your name will come back either correct or incorrect at Starbucks

6. People try to find shorter, easier nicknames for you instead of calling you by your actual name

7. When someone famous or fictional character shares your name, you get so happy

8. “What’s your name?” “It’s [name]” “I’m sorry, what was it again?”

9. You’ve pretty much seen every misspelling and heard every mispronunciation of your name throughout your life

10. When you find another person with an “ethnic” sounding name, you both get excited

11. Despite the struggles, your name is pretty unique… just like you

Can I be excused for the rest of my life?

Don't Be That Person

1. “Oh, so you/your family are immigrants!”

2. “Is Puerto Rico near Mexico?”

3. “Do you speak Puerto Rican?”

4. “You look too light/dark to be Puerto Rican.”

5. “Do I need my passport to go to Puerto Rico?”

6. “Geez, you are obsessed with your flag. We get it, you’re Puerto Rican.”

7. “Why are you so loud?”

8. “So does your family know English?”

9. “Oh my god, Puerto Ricans are so spicy.”

10. “So did you eat a lot of tacos?”

11. “Are you Mexican?”

Love hard, every day, and never be ashamed.

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