Christmas Break As Told By "Shameless"
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Christmas Break As Told By "Shameless"

Ask the Gallagher family and friends what they do in their spare time.

Jen O'Neil
Dec 19, 2016
Illinois State University
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Christmas Break As Told By "Shameless"
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Christmas break: Netflix, catching up on sleep, and gathering around the tree on Christmas morning. But what about what goes on behind the scenes over Christmas break? You know, like the holiday gatherings, family uproars and spontaneous run-ins to people of your past? Everyone has a little bit of Gallagher in them:

1. When your parents brag at family parties about how well you're doing at college

(While you sit there smiling, praying you passed your finals).

2. And when all of your distant relatives repeat this phrase to you at all of the holiday gatherings:

3. When you come back after being away for three months and your siblings think they own the place

4. When you run into your hometown ex for the first time in months and suddenly get the feels

You realize that even though you deleted them on social media, you can't delete them out of your life while living in the same town over Christmas break.

5. When you're trying to explain to your parents that you need money for spring break because, like, everyone else's parents are throwing them some cash in advance

6. When you take up babysitting as a job over break even though you're just an adult-sized toddler yourself

7. When you get your final grades back and start giving yourself pep talks to prepare for the next semester

8. When you count up all the Christmas money you received from relatives

Woohoo! When you're a broke college student anything helps.

9. When you're reunited with your hometown best friend and she keeps mentioning how close she and her roomie are getting lately

Like, I'm not salty. I just didn't know you had other best friends beside me?

10. When you inevitably start hanging out with that hometown ex again and you two decide to set boundaries

11. Accepting that the best part about Christmas break is spending time with family, no matter how crazy they drive you

Right?

12. Finally, realizing you have to go back to school any day now and that, although your family drove you insane, you will miss all of the shenanigans until the next break comes along.

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