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The Best Way To Spread Christmas Cheer Is Singing Loud For All To Hear

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The Best Way To Spread Christmas Cheer Is Singing Loud For All To Hear

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I know its September, and this may get a lot of hate, but I love Christmas, and I celebrate it all year long. As I'm not a huge fan of Halloween, I usually decorate my apartment that day (unless I have Halloween plans), and I keep it up until after March Madness (April). Don't Judge Me! It's worked for me for 23 years so I'm not going to change now. In fact, I'm watching White Christmas right now! The worst day of the year for me is December 26 because all the magic for everyone else is gone...but not for me!

So I decided to put together a list of 25 reasons why Christmas is the best time of the year!

1. The Best Way To Spread Christmas Cheer Is Singing Loud For All To Hear.

2. ABC Family's (Freeform now) 25 Days of Christmas! The best 25 days of the year!

3. Hallmark Channel. Because these original movies are better than anything ABC Family has put out in years, and it goes from Mid November 'til January!

4. Lights! Christmas Lights are GORGEOUS!!!!

5. Christmas Music! Old and New...It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year!

6. Quoting Christmas Movies like Elf without getting weird looks.

7. Christmas Shopping can be stressful if you wait 'til the last minute or Black Friday. But the malls are amazing around that time!

8. Visiting the "A Christmas Story" House if you're in Cleveland, Ohio (Tremont).

9. Christmas Movies, like Home Alone.

10. Those incredible Christmas Displays that are huge and awesome in residential neighborhoods.

10. Or Amazing Christmas Window Displays like at the old Higbee Building in Downtown Cleveland!

11. SNOW!

12. Santa! I mean, who doesn't love the big guy in red?

13. The 4 main food groups: Candy, Candy Canes, Candy Corns and Syrup.

14. Baking, making, decorating and eating Christmas Cookies!

15. Christmas Parties! I know my whole family gets together for like, a 12 hours party every year! It's the best!

16. Presents, obviously! I mean they are so much fun!

17. Seeing friends and family that you don't get to see often. I mean, 'tis the season right?

18. The Winter Wardrobe is the best!!! Hats, Coats, Boots, Scarves, the whole nine yards.

19. Christmas Trees. Everywhere. The Bigger The Better!!

20. Leg Lamps....even if they are FRA-GIL-LAY

22. Christmas Smelling Things. MMMMMMM

23. Christmas Traditions...like mistletoe!

24. Christmas Sweaters...Cute and Ugly!

25. Last but not least, Jesus. The Reason For The Season Y'all.

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I like smiling, smiling's my favorite.

1. The Best Way To Spread Christmas Cheer Is Singing Loud For All To Hear.

2. ABC Family's (Freeform now) 25 Days of Christmas! The best 25 days of the year!

3. Hallmark Channel. Because these original movies are better than anything ABC Family has put out in years, and it goes from Mid November 'til January!

4. Lights! Christmas Lights are GORGEOUS!!!!

5. Christmas Music! Old and New...It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year!

6. Quoting Christmas Movies like Elf without getting weird looks.

7. Christmas Shopping can be stressful if you wait 'til the last minute or Black Friday. But the malls are amazing around that time!

8. Visiting the "A Christmas Story" House if you're in Cleveland, Ohio (Tremont).

9. Christmas Movies, like Home Alone.

10. Those incredible Christmas Displays that are huge and awesome in residential neighborhoods.

10. Or Amazing Christmas Window Displays like at the old Higbee Building in Downtown Cleveland!

11. SNOW!

12. Santa! I mean, who doesn't love the big guy in red?

13. The 4 main food groups: Candy, Candy Canes, Candy Corns and Syrup.

14. Baking, making, decorating and eating Christmas Cookies!

15. Christmas Parties! I know my whole family gets together for like, a 12 hours party every year! It's the best!

16. Presents, obviously! I mean they are so much fun!

17. Seeing friends and family that you don't get to see often. I mean, 'tis the season right?

18. The Winter Wardrobe is the best!!! Hats, Coats, Boots, Scarves, the whole nine yards.

19. Christmas Trees. Everywhere. The Bigger The Better!!

20. Leg Lamps....even if they are FRA-GIL-LAY

22. Christmas Smelling Things. MMMMMMM

23. Christmas Traditions...like mistletoe!

24. Christmas Sweaters...Cute and Ugly!

25. Last but not least, Jesus. The Reason For The Season Y'all.

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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.

1. When you fail that midterm you studied so hard for.

2. When your crush finally texts back.

3. When payday comes around.

4. When you accidentally like someone's picture from 108 weeks ago.

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.

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