Every Stage of Waiting for Christmas Break

Waiting for Christmas Break is a bit like sitting through the opera: it’s a long, painful stretch of time that goes on forever and leaves you feeling confused and a little out of sorts. Nothing short of Christmas morning will save you from this misery, but classes haven’t even finished yet.   Between now and that lovely, hungover Christmas morning when you’re opening presents, here’s everything you can expect to happen while you wait.

You’ve written off the entire month of December until Christmas morning

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Work? Socializing? Netflix is your life now.

The temperature drop has hit you hard

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To quote Withnail and I, you’re “drifting into the arena of the unwell”.

Now that it gets dark at 4pm, you’ve become a recluse 

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As the French say, l’enfer c’est les autres.

You’re snowed under with work... 

Me waiting for this week to be over so i can enjoy Christmas Break in peace pic.twitter.com/RzMqyvzgVo

— M I K E E M O U S E (@HeyMikeeMouse) December 12, 2017

You’ve barricaded your dorm room. It’s just you, energy drinks and your mounting pile of assignments.

...And you’re not entirely sure how you’ll make it through Finals Week 

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Why make Finals Week before Christmas break? It’s sadistic.

Somehow, you’re auto-piloting your way through to the morning of the 25th 

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Sleep, what is sleep?

When finals are over, you’ll be wearing fuzzy socks and watching ALL THE Christmas movies 

looking forward to a week from now when finals are over and I'll be snuggled up watching christmas movies & drinking hot chocolate

— em rupard (@EmRupard) December 12, 2017

That’s right. No one can stop you. It’ll just be you, Colin Firth and Colin Firth’s Portuguese housekeeper. 

You’ve been blasting Michael Bublé in your dorms while you study...

Hey uh, can the person in the dorms whos playing Christmas music so loud it woke me up am umm die mayhaps

— TOSH (@amok_times) November 10, 2017

Because, by God, you know how to have fun, and no one is going to stop you, not even your roommate.

...And have had Christmas lights up in your room since December 1...

When you have to live in the dorms, but you really love Christmas. pic.twitter.com/2erLsiFx33

— Jeff Galvin (@JayGatsGalvin) November 28, 2016

It’s the only way to make it through your exams in one piece. 

...Because you don’t mind breaking the rules in the name of Christmas

when i lived in dorms we had christmas lights up even though they were against the rules, just take it down when the RA comes by

— ...hannaH (@fireflykind) July 10, 2017

  Let’s face it, the yellow lighting in your dorms is so utterly depressing. 

You can’t wait to enjoy all the quiet luxuries of your parents’ home... 

For Christmas I would like 2 ply toilet paper in the dorms

— scrooge (@Riah_cole_) December 25, 2016

Like a well-stocked fridge and a sink not overrun with dishes.

...And a functioning heater

THEY FIXED THE HEATERS IN THE DORMS ITS A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE

— Vanessa Lyman (@youngnshrekless) November 30, 2016

Luxuries, really.

You also can’t wait to light Christmas candles without setting off the fire alarm… 

Christmas shopping in college in hard because I buy people candles as a default but now we all live in dorms

— dara (@daraxlyn) December 3, 2016

Because nothing says Christmas like Yankee’s Christmas Cookie candles.

...And eat ALL THE FOOD... 

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Because you’ve been starving for months.

...I mean, and see your family, of course... 

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...But mostly, eat...

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You’ve brought Tupperware boxes to bring leftovers to your dorm-room next year.