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11 Perfect Christmas Gifts For Your Neighborhood RA

Bad puns and craft supplies are some of our favorite things.

Taylor Kmiech
Dec 19, 2017
Gustavus Adolphus College
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11 Perfect Christmas Gifts For Your Neighborhood RA
Bruno Cervera

My RA job at school this year has become one of the biggest parts of my life. I live and breathe my job, often spending as much time as I can planning activities, making bulletin boards, and getting to know my residents. I love my job, but there are always things that could help make it better. Here are 11 perfect Christmas presents that any resident assistant would love to receive.

1. A crate Of Monsters

Those duty nights can get long, especially if you are up till 4 AM filling out a lot of paperwork after your last round. This will help you make it through the next morning when you feel like you are moving through molasses.

2. Gift cards to your local craft store

How else are you going to be able to afford all of those cute stickers and papers for your door decals?

3. Pizza

I would love to receive pizza that I can give to my residents so that they will come to events, of course.

4. Staples and or tape

You can never have enough of these for hanging up posters and bulletin boards.

5. Sleep

While this can’t be a physical gift that is given, possibly letting us sleep in a couple of hours after a long duty shift would make it the best Christmas ever.

6. Cough drops

Because our voices can get sore from laughing with our residents too much.

7. A book of bad puns

Whether it to be used for a bulletin board idea or for a conversation with residents, every RA needs to have at least three terrible jokes up their sleeves.

8. A Netflix subscription

This is especially needed to keep you entertained during the off-time on weekend duty when all you want to do is catch some Z's.

9. A nice pair of headphones

Sometimes it can get hard to focus on school work, so a nice pair of headphones can flood your ears with the music you really want to hear.

10. A note of appreciation

Sometimes it may feel like we don’t get the recognition for the effort we put into everything we do, so knowing that someone loves what we do for them would be the best present ever.

11. Chocolate

Is there anyone in this world who wouldn’t appreciate a little chocolate?
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