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Christmas is almost here!

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Family fights are being recapped, people are waking up from the food coma, and the shopping craze has passed. This trifecta can only imply that Thanksgiving is over. People are bitter in the family due to fights, turkey leftovers and the injuries due to stepping into Walmart at the wrong time. But the bitterness is nothing when compared to the excitement of Christmas. As a college student, Thanksgiving is like the extra thrust of energy (turkey) and morale (bitterness) needed to push through the final part of the semester, and Christmas is the reward for pushing through.

Christmas has always been the scare tactic that every parent uses on their child to encourage them to be good. If they are bad, Santa won't climb down the chimney and bring presents for them. But even after this illusion of a fat guy, Christmas is the best time of the year for most people. Everyone is more forgiving and kind to each other; all past feuds are, at least temporarily, forgotten. Most people genuinely try to enjoy spending time with their "loved" ones and try to live in the moment.

Christmas time might resemble the setting of some fictional fairy tale. Christmas carols are found everywhere, the cities and houses are brightly colored and lit, everyone is eager to open presents, the Home Alone series or the Grinch series is playing while drinking hot chocolate, and trees are being decorated. Family fights are forgotten, people are sleeping due to too much sugar, and there is rustling in the living room at midnight. This trifecta can only imply that Christmas is here.


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