People everywhere are talking about the holiday season and enjoying the festivities that come along with it. If you're a student, the Christmas lights are at the end of a long, dark tunnel known as finals week.

Everybody handles this week a little different. Some wear it on their sleeve -- the sleeve of their grungy sweatshirt that may or may not match their sweatpants and slippers as they drag themselves through the library. Others have the audacity to walk around like nothing is wrong, essentially infuriating the first group mentioned with their seemingly careless demeanor. In the end, we all know the feeling about finals week is mutual across the board. Some people are just in different stages than others.

Here’s finals week as told by Giraffe:

1. Denial: This is usually the point at which you know you should start on that giant report, but you don’t because, how long could it really take?

2. Anger… and lots of it. Shout out to the prof for changing your mind on the whole “It won’t be cumulative” thing.

3. Bargaining: Because that report you were in denial about is due tomorrow morning and you just started. Now you’ll do anything for a two-day extension or some extra credit!

4. Depression: When you don’t want anything in life more than your mother’s embrace because you're a bright screen and about a page away from driving off a cliff.

5. Acceptance: This stage of finals usually happens as you're sitting down with your scantron, the classroom gets really quiet, the professor drops the 100-question final on your desk and hits you with a heart-sinking “good luck.”

Whatever stage you're currently in, good luck on final exams. I hope you’ve found this to provide a bit of humor in the midst of your studying. Rumor has it, sharing this article helps with Stages 2 and 4. Don’t take my word for it though.