Being reunited with your family and friends is overwhelmingly exciting.
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Seeing your friends you haven't seen since August means lots of hugs.
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Eating not-dining hall food and lots of it is great.
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The comfort of sleeping in your own bed when it is cold outside is so much better.
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Coming home for winter break means colder weather. Colder weather means sweater weather.
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Waking up and seeing this outside your window is magical.
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Then you realize you won't be able to leave your house all day.
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So you decide to go outside and it is enchanting
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Something about being in the snow makes you want to be a child again. The days of building snowmen, sledding and making snow angels are not over.
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Watching your dog do this never ceases to amuse you.
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And dressing your pets in holiday apparel is acceptable.
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Whether you are baking these cookies or just eating the dough, you won't be able to stop and that's okay.
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Two words: Holiday shopping.
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All the stores are playing holiday music and you can't help but sing and dance.
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Seeing Santa at the mall brings back so many good memories of cute (maybe embarrassing) pictures of you sitting on a stranger's lap.
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If you live in or go to New York City, this:
Conclusion: Everything about being in the Northeast for winter break has you feeling like this.
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