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The Holidays As Told By Buddy The Elf

If you see gum on the street, leave it there. It isn't free candy.

Becca Ellenstein

Dec 26, 2016

Michigan State University

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Acceptance that it is approaching

Lets be real, the day after Halloween is when people start getting excited for the holidays. On November 1st, the Christmas Song station came up as recommended on my Spotify, and Target already got their Christmas section out. You will start seeing Christmas everywhere you look.

Start planning gifts

Now that the entire business world is in the spirit, you might as well get in to it too. Get some ideas on what to get your friends and loved ones for the holidays. Start planning early so when Black Friday comes around, you are all geared up to knock some people down to get a good deal. Don't worry though, you have a lot of time to find the perfect gift for everybody in your life!

Before you get too excited, don't forget you have finals exams before the break.

Study! Study! Study!

But, the second your last final ends, the festivities begin!

Pat yourself on the back! You barely made it through finals and now you can relax and enjoy your holiday break!

Now you can officially get into the holiday spirit!

With all obligations off your plate, you can finally tap in to that holiday excitement you have been swallowing for months.

Plan out your holiday break

Go through your days and decide when the parties and family time will be. Plan to spend time with your out of town guests, driving around to see the Christmas lights around town, getting your last minute gifts, and when you are going to open presents.

Here come the gifts

Gifts from everybody in your life are all coming your way at once. Decorate the house and hang your stockings and when you get that one gift you have been waiting for, you scream and jump for joy.

And the family dinners

The holidays are an excuse to bring your family and friends together. You love your family, but they also annoy you to no end with questions about your life that you do not want to answer. There's also the comments on how they don't even recognize you because you have grown so much since they last saw you. You just have to sit there, smile, and pretend you have your life together.

When the food comes in...

The thing that makes all these old people kissing your cheeks and invading your personal life worth it is the food. You eat like you have been training for this moment all year.

Then comes the shame

Why did you eat that much? You were full 20 minutes into the meal and continued to stuff your face.

Eventually, you realize that it is over faster than expected

For months you have been preparing for this day and it comes to an end.

But have no fear..

School does not start again for a few weeks, so you still have fun winter activities to look forward to!

Until it is time for reality to start again

and you login to see your final exam grades from before break started

But you realize, that life goes on

You accept your bad grades from last semester and get to start all over again. Only 365 more days until next Christmas. The next semester starts and you are forced to get back into the groove of your unexciting routine life.

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The Holidays As Told By Buddy The Elf

If you see gum on the street, leave it there. It isn't free candy.

Acceptance that it is approaching

Start planning gifts

Before you get too excited, don't forget you have finals exams before the break.

But, the second your last final ends, the festivities begin!

Now you can officially get into the holiday spirit!

Plan out your holiday break

Here come the gifts

And the family dinners

When the food comes in...

Then comes the shame

Eventually, you realize that it is over faster than expected

But have no fear..

Until it is time for reality to start again

But you realize, that life goes on

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1. Build a snowman

2. Start a snowball fight

3. Build a fort

4. Binge-watch Netflix

4. Look out the window

5. Grab coffee with a friend

6. Complete school or office work

7. Sleep

8. Read a book

9. Bake cookies

10. Drink hot cocoa

11. Go ice skating

12. Take a Walk

"I don't want to do things. I want to not do things."

1. When you look at the syllabus and realize there are only three weeks of the semester left; even though the first day was LITERALLY yesterday.

2. You look at your grades and realize they probably aren't as high as they should be, which is a terrifying realization.

3. When you think to yourself at night, "tomorrow, I will wake up early and go to the library ALL day, and, hell, maybe after I'll go to the gym for a little bit, just to push myself that extra mile."

4. Tomorrow actually comes. The inevitable and overpowering sense of procrastination is too strong to overcome.

5. But you DO end up going to the library. Not all day though, but still, a while. But no, you do not go to the gym. Still, you made an effort, so you decide to treat yo' self.

6. When you realize you need to schedule a meeting with your adviser because you need to sign up for classes next semester. But you also realize that since you waited until the last minute, you're going to get stuck with all of the crappy classes.

7. When you low-key try to slip into conversation with your professors that you need extra credit because you're that desperate.

8. When it's already the third time you've seen your adviser in two days because you have no damn clue what you're doing and need all the help you can get.

9. When you apply for a job associated with your major even though you have no experience, but you just want to dive headfirst into the deep end of adulthood and get it over with.

The world is not always sunshine and rainbows, and you do not have to be, either.

It would be so much easier to just pay someone to do it for you

1. Figuring out when to start

2. Searching through list after list to get everything you need

3. Shopping for deals

4. Getting bins to put everything in

5. Figuring what you can’t live without

6. Going through clothes to find what you need

7. Finding out your siblings took something from you

8. Fighting with your parents.

9. Trying to plan things with your roommate

10. The fear of forgetting something

11. Move in day

Relatable moments from one of the best shows I have ever watched.

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5. When someone takes your unassigned assigned seat.

6. When your favorite character in your favorite TV series dies.

7. When that guy/girl you’ve been crushing on agrees to go on a date with you.

8. When you have so much to do, and such little motivation to do it.

9. When someone asks for your last fry.

10. When you try a new health-food craze.

11. When you get new clothing.

12. When you check your bank account.

13. When they're serving good food in the dining hall.

14. When someone tries to tell you what to do.

15. Or just your thoughts about life in general.

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