We're almost there. Just one more week, then finals, then it truly is the most wonderful time of the year!

I'm not sure if this makes me weird, or if I just have a weird way of wording it, but don't holidays make the outdoors have a certain smell? Well, maybe not a smell, but the air feels crisper, the days feel happier, the holiday TV commercials radiate through the house, and I really don't mind that awfully long walk to my car after I am finished with my classes for the day. Heck, even the news is interesting around Christmas time.

Holidays have a way of making the world around us feel different. Shopping is suddenly a fun, cinnamon-scented event, and everyone on Earth seems to be on the same page for once. I love it.

I truly start to notice the outdoor, happy feel around Halloween. I probably don't have to explain this one — because everyone knows that feeling.

College Christmas is like real Christmas, except an extended vacation bonus. It's fabulous, and I plan to enjoy it as long as I can. Getting out for Christmas break, even in middle school, will forever be one of the greatest feelings. You truly are on top of the world.

Viewer Discretion Advised: After you get past the depression of Santa not being (physically) real, the Holidays are really something serious, even for adults. They have a way of bringing people together and making even the air so much sweeter. Instead of rushing towards the holidays this Christmas, let's enjoy them. After all, the air only smells different for a bit.

"Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you'll look back and realize they were the big things." – Kurt Vonnegut