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Happy Fall Y'all: 7 Ways To Celebrate The New Season

What to do while you are drinking PSLs and lighting your pumpkin scented candles.

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Sep 27, 2018

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Happy Fall Y'all: 7 Ways To Celebrate The New Season

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Fall: the season of cozy sweaters, leaves on the ground, pumpkins, comfort food, and some really beautiful interior decorating. It is my favorite season by far, especially once the hot and humid Virginia weather is replaced by cooler air and falling leaves. It is the season where practically everything that you buy has the words "pumpkin" or "spice" in it and every store is covered in the color orange. Most importantly, fall is a season of thankfulness, comfort, and celebrating those closest to you. Every fall, there are seven activities that really help to set the mood for the rest of the season and I encourage you all to do the same.

1. Get A Pumpkin

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Whether it is locally grown and sold at a produce stand or you get it from a crate at Harris Teeter, pumpkins are a fall necessity! Keep one in its raw beauty for September decorations, carve one into a jack-o-lantern for a fun Halloween decoration, and use one to make a pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving! The possibilities are endless.

2. Go Apple Picking

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One of the biggest fall staples is an apple. They can be put in a pie, dunked in caramel, made into cider, or just eaten as a whole, and there are many more ways to prepare the fall fruit. Instead of just getting the apples from a supermarket, try to pick them from a local apple orchard! It will make the whole process of getting the fruit much more enjoyable.

3. Make or Buy a Halloween Costume

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Halloween is one of the best holidays because it gives you the option to become someone (or something) completely different for one day every year, and what better way to do that then to have a Halloween costume. Some of the cutest and most genius ones are homemade, but you can also find some really amazing costumes from stores like Spirit Halloween. No matter if you buy or make your costume this year, it is sure to lead to a frightfully amazing night.

4. Watch a Halloween Movie

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Earlier this month, the TV channel Freeform announced that they would be changing from their usual 13 Nights of Halloween event to a 30 Nights of Halloween event. This just goes to show that there are a ton of Halloween movies available! Classics like Hocus Pocus and The Nightmare Before Christmas are always fun to watch for an October movie night. If you want one that is a bit less family-friendly, horror movies are a must. Watch a more modern movie like The Conjuring or opt for an older classic like The Exorcist. Once you choose a movie, make some popcorn, snuggle on your couch (preferably next to a dog), and enjoy an awesome movie.

5. Drink a Pumpkin Spice Latte

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Although it was actually released in August this year, there is one fall drink that is superior to all others: the Pumpkin Spice Latte. The Pumpkin Spice Latte (or PSL for short) obtained a cult-like following. Every fall, people dressed in their best sweaters, blanket scarves, and bean boots flock to the nearest Starbucks for this legendary latte. The coffee with sweet notes of pumpkin, cinnamon, and other spices is so inviting on a cold, windy day while watching the leaves gently float to the ground. To some, including myself, it would not be fall without having one of these drinks.

6. Watch a Football Game

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What better way to spend a weekend than watching a football game? When the weather gets cold, it is time to pack into a stadium and cheer on your favorite team. If you are not a huge football fan, now is the perfect time to start, especially since the 'Hoos are doing so well this season (and VT was at the center of one of the biggest college football upsets in decades). If anything, football games are a great excuse to go out with friends, eat some overpriced stadium food, and sing the Good Old Song.

7. Celebrate With Your Friends and Family

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More than anything, fall is about spending time with your friends and family. Go to fall events, like football games and Halloween parties, with your friends to make some amazing memories and form even stronger bonds with them. Try to spend fall break and Thanksgiving with your family. And, at some point in the season, spend some time to reflect on who you are thankful for and make it known to that person that you are blessed to have them in your life.

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Happy Fall Y'all: 7 Ways To Celebrate The New Season

What to do while you are drinking PSLs and lighting your pumpkin scented candles.

1. Get A Pumpkin

2. Go Apple Picking

3. Make or Buy a Halloween Costume

4. Watch a Halloween Movie

5. Drink a Pumpkin Spice Latte

6. Watch a Football Game

7. Celebrate With Your Friends and Family

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And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make

The sun is up, the sky is blue, it's beautiful and so are you

Love is old, love is new, love is all, love is you

There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be

Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend

He say, "I know you, you know me", One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

Oh please, say to me, You'll let me be your man. And please say to me, You'll let me hold your hand

It was twenty years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. They've been going in and out of style, but they're guaranteed to raise a smile

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see

Can you hear me? When it rains and shine, it's just a state of mind

Little darling, it's been long cold lonely winter. Little darling, it feels like years since it' s been here. Here comes the sun, Here comes the sun, and I say it's alright

We danced through the night and we held each other tight, and before too long I fell in love with her. Now, I'll never dance with another when I saw her standing there

I love you, I love you, I love you, that's all I want to say

You say you want a revolution. Well you know, we all want to change the world

All the lonely people, where do they all come from. All the lonely people, where do they all belong

Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends

Hey Jude, don't make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they're here to stay. Oh, I believe in yesterday

And when the brokenhearted people, living in the world agree, there will be an answer, let it be.

And anytime you feel the pain, Hey Jude, refrain. Don't carry the world upon your shoulders

I'll give you all I got to give if you say you'll love me too. I may not have a lot to give but what I got I'll give to you. I don't care too much for money. Money can't buy me love

All you need is love, love is all you need

Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Blackbird singing in the dead of night, Take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life, You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Though I know I'll never lose affection, for people and things that went before. I know I'll often stop and think about them. In my life, I love you more

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10. How to work for what I want.

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13. To be well-rounded.

14. How to be great at conflict resolution.

15. The beauty of getting outside and exploring.

16. To be prepared for anything.

17. That you don't always have to do it alone.

18. How to be creative.

19. To brush off gossip.

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