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15 Things To Do Before Christmas

The ultimate checklist for the best Christmas!

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Although finals week has finally come and it feels like the stress is never ending, Christmas is just around the corner! Here's 15 things to check off before that glorious morning arrives!

1. Christmas Movies:

Obviously.

2. Make Gingerbread Houses:

Not that it will ever turn out the way you expect it to.

3. Drink Eggnog:

This drink is basically Christmas in a cup.

4. Go Christmas Shopping:

As hectic as the crowds get sometimes, there's something about the twinkling lights, christmas music and bright red shopping bags.

5. Make Gingerbread Men:

These guys are just too easy to make and are way too cute.

6. Bake:

The only time of the year I ever step in to the kitchen...at least to cook.

7. Get toasty by the fire:

Cooler weather means roasting marshmallows by a warm, flickering fire.

8. Decorate...A Lot:

An excuse to outshine your neighbors.. Literally.

9. Buy a Christmas Tree:

There's nothing better than transforming a bare, green tree to a radiant, ornament-filled masterpiece.

10. Listen to Christmas Music:

Or more specifically.. Michael Bublé..

11. Call The Family:

That time of year to call all of the relatives who couldn't make it to the dinner table.

12. Partyyyyy:

The only time it's acceptable to break out that ugly sweater.

13. Reunite with friends and family:

The reunion may end in exhausting, sleep-deprived, angry fights...but hey that's how they're supposed to go.

14. Christmas games:

Secret Santa will always take the cake..or cookies.

15. Appreciate:

One of the most important things to do this time of year.

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